Registration number 2912
Status Registered
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Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Launch
Location Portishead
Vessel type Open Launch
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Gill & Sons, Rochester
Built in 1910
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
52.00 feet (15.85m)
Breadth: Beam
11.00 feet (3.35m)
Depth
4.50 feet (1.37m)
Air Draft
12.67 feet (3.86m)

History

BARBARY T was originally a Harbour Launch/Steam Pinnace of double diagonal teak and oak construction and was built by Gill & Son at Chatham in 1910. After service with the Royal Navy she became a coal and fish bait cargo vessel in the Bristol Channel. She was later converted for use as a houseboat.

As of September 2023, she has been recently purchased by her current owner and has went through a refit at Rolt's Boat Yard in Bristol, which included a new deck, wheelhouse, stem and transom, rubbing strakes and electrics.

Key dates

  • 1910

    Built by Gill & Son, Chatham

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