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Registration number
2452
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Wigan
Vessel type
Leeds & Liverpool Longboat
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1933
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
14.00 feet
(4.27m)
Depth
4.00 feet
(1.22m)
Length: Overall
72.00 feet
(21.96m)
History
AMBUSH is a Leeds and Liverpool longboat of steel plate construction with a Gardner 41W diesel engine. She was built by W J Yarwood of Northwich in 1933. She was built and worked for H R Ainscough.
After trade finished, she was used to carry coal to Westwood Power Station in Wigan and later was turned into a trip boat in the Liverpool area. AMBUSH is one of a small number of Leeds and Liverpool long boats and in 2011 was under full restoration by her present owner.
Grants
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Jan 2017
A Sustainability Grant of £1,000 towards the cost of remedial work was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK
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June 2013
The Sustainability Grant awarded in 2011 has been withdrawn. Source: National Historic Ships UK. This is later withdrawn due to financial restraints
-
September 2012
A Sustainability Grant of £1,000 towards the cost of remedial work was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK
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