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Registration number
3776
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Little Hallingbury
Vessel type
Canal Boat
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Springer, Samuel, Market Harborough
Built in
1970
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
6.75 feet
(2.06m)
Depth
1.75 feet
(0.53m)
Length: Overall
36.00 feet
(10.97m)
Tonnage: Gross
12.00
History
TARA ROSE was built in 1970 by Samuel Springer in his workshops at Market Harborough, Leicestershire. She was built with the aim of bringing affordable boating to UK waterways and was originally a part of the hire boat fleet of Planck Burrett Marine, Harlow, Essex, being predominately used on the Rivers Lea and Stort.
Her current owner has owned TARA ROSE for the last three decades and regularly enters her in Historic Boat Parades, having been part of the Queen's Jubilee Flotilla in 2012. Her interior fittings remain very largely unchanged, and her exterior is as originally left by Samuel Springer. She also retains a squared stern and simple folded steel roof plates.
Key dates
-
1970
Built in Market Harborough, Leicestshire, by Samuel Springer
-
2012
Was part of the Queen's Jubilee Thames Flotilla in the Historic Category
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