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Registration number
3763
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Heyford
Vessel type
Joey
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Bantock, Thomas & Co, Wolverhampton
Built in
1910
Hull material
Iron
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
6.92 feet
(2.11m)
Depth
2.00 feet
(0.61m)
Length: Overall
55.00 feet
(16.76m)
History
HARTSHILL LADY was built at Bilston, Wolverhampton by Thomas Bantock & Co. circa 1910 as No. 118, an open joey originally 71ft, for the GWR fleet and working the BCN. She was one of Bantocks later boats having iron sides and baseplate (extant). She was shortened to 55' and registered no. 67956 sometime in the late 1970s with the iron sides and rubbing strake shaped to form a trad stern and fitted with a steel cabin and 'famco' bus windows.
She is fitted with an Armstrong Siddeley AS2 2 cylinder with Parsons D type gearbox thought to date from around 1952 previously from a Lifeboat. Her iron knees and sections of the chines were overplated in 2001 and sometime before this she had a steel 'shoe' fitted her entire length inside the baseplate. She was formerly based at Cowroast before mooring until recently at Aynho on the Oxford Canal. She is currently under ongoing restoration based in Oxford.
Key dates
- 2020-06-08
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