Registration number 2784
Status Archived
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Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Kennet and Avon Canal
Archive reason More information required
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Fellows, Morton & Clayton, Uxbridge
Built in 1932
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
72.00 feet (21.95m)
Breadth: Beam
7.08 feet (2.16m)
Depth
3.50 feet (1.07m)
Tonnage: Gross
35.00

History

ASTER was built in 1932 as a wooden motor barge,and her builders were Fellows Morton & Clayton. From 1951 to 1964 it was owned by the Salvation Army, and operated by Brigadier Fielding and his wife. The vessel was rebottomed in 1998, now has a full length cabin and is in private use.

Update, October 2020: the boat is still in existence and still on the Kennet & Avon Canal.

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Key dates

  • 1932

    Built by Fellows, Morton & Clayton, Uxbridge
  • 1998

    Rebottomed and full length cabin installed

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