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Registration number
2490
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Staffs and Worcester Canal
Vessel type
Josher
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Fellows, Morton & Clayton, Saltley Dock
Built in
1914
Hull material
Iron
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Air Draft
5.50 feet
(1.68m)
Breadth: Beam
7.00 feet
(2.14m)
Depth
3.00 feet
(0.92m)
Length: Overall
70.50 feet
(21.50m)
History
PETREL is a narrow boat of iron plate construction with a Lister HR2 diesel engine. She was built in 1914 by Fellows Morton & Clayton at Saltley Dock, Birmingham. She remained in the FMC fleet nationalisation, then transferred to D&IWE south eastern fleet. Her Bolinder engine was removed and an Armstrong Merganser fitted by them in the 1950s.
PETREL was hired in the 1960s from British Waterways by Willow Wren but never actually used by them for carrying. She was reposessed by British Waterways and sold to Union Canal Carriers and re engined by them in the 1970s. Bought by her present owners in 1981 from UCC, she is maintained in carrying condition.
Key dates
- 1914 Built by Fellows Morton & Clayton
- 1950s Original Bolinder engine removed and Armstrong Merganser engine fitted
- 1960s Hired from British Waterways by Willow Wren
- 1960s Repossessed by British Waterways and sold to Union Canal Carriers
- 1970s Re-engined with Lister HR2 diesel engine
- 1981 Bought by present owners
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