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Registration number
2334
Status
Registered
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Previous names
- 1936 Triagulum
Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Bath
Vessel type
Middle Northwich Star Class
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1936
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Towed
Primary engine type
None
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
7.10 feet
(2.17m)
Depth
3.00 feet
(0.92m)
Length: Overall
71.50 feet
(21.81m)
Tonnage: Gross
45.00
History
KESTREL is a narrow boat of steel plate construction. As a towed boat she has never had an engine. Built by Yarwoods of Northwich in 1936 as part of the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company's modernisation programme, she was first named TRIAGULUM. She was sold with 7 other unpowered narrow boats to Birmingham City Corporation and spent many years as an unmarked rubbish boat until bought by Willow Wren in 1958. Thereafter she worked through the 1960s paired with TERN and then HYPERION before being converted to a houseboat. KESTREL is a rare example of an unmotorised Middle Northwich narrow boat and has all her original running gear.
Update, April 2024: Vessel for sale.
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