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Registration number
3546
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Previous names
- Hardy
Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Banbury
Vessel type
Motor Canal Boat - Tanker
Current use
Museum based
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Nurser Brothers, Braunston
Built in
1940
Hull material
Wood
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
7.00 feet
(2.13m)
Depth
2.00 feet
(0.61m)
Length: Overall
70.00 feet
(21.34m)
Tonnage: Gross
15.00
History
HARDY was built in September 1940 by Nursers in Braunston for the Barlow Coal Company and registered in Daventry as no. 512 for fleet no. 16. In October that year, she gauged the Oxford Canal no. 5667. In 1957, the vessel came under fleet no. 31.
In 1962, HARDY was sold to the Blue Line Carriers in Braunston and some time before 1971, she was sold into private ownership and converted to a pleasure boat.
Update, October 2022: Tooley's Boatyard Trust has announced on Facebook that they have received a generous grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop a restoration plan for HARDY.
Key dates
-
September 1940
Vessel built by Nursers in Braunston
-
1962
Vessel sold to Blue Line Carriers, Braunston
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