Registration number 2612
Status Registered
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COLESHILL stern view
COLESHILL bow view

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Dodford
Current use Ongoing conservation
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Harland & Wolff Ltd, Woolwich
Built in 1937
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

Length: Overall
72.00 feet (21.95m)
Breadth: Beam
7.00 feet (2.13m)
Depth
3.00 feet (0.91m)
Tonnage: Gross
20.00

History

COLESHILL is a Town Class Narrow Boat of riveted steel construction and has a Lister HR3 diesel engine installed in the mid 1980s. The vessel was built in 1937 by Harland & Wolff, Woolwich.

Built for commercial carrying, the first owner was the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company, later taken over by British Waterways. Subsequently hired to Willow Wren Carrying and then sold to Foxton Boat Services who used her for commercial carrying and canal camping holidays.

COLESHILL was laid up in the mid 1990s and purchased by her current owner in 2008 and is being restored as near as possible to her original state.

We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.

Key dates

  • 1937 Built by Harland & Wolff, Woolwich
  • 1964 Attended Stratford on Avon as the first pair (with butty Cygnus) of loaded boats to navigate the newly re-opened southern Stratford Canal on behalf of Willow Wren

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