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Registration number
398
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
NONE
Archive reason
Sunk
Current use
None
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Web address
www.thewaterwaystrust.co.uk
Construction
Builder
Bantock, Thomas & Co, Wolverhampton
Built in
1890
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Towed
Primary engine type
None
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
6.98 feet
(2.13m)
Depth
3.51 feet
(1.07m)
Length: Overall
71.97 feet
(21.95m)
History
CENTAUR was built circa 1890 by Thomas Bantocks of Wolverhampton. She was probably built for either Bantocks themselves or the Great Western Railway. She worked on the Birmingham Canal Navigations. She is an unpowered narrow boat and is one of the few surviving examples of an unusual composite narrow boat construction, whereby the main upper sections of the hull sides, in wrought iron, are fastened to a timber bottom, or garboard, strake; the timber strake then being fastened to bottom boards in the manner usual with timber constructed narrowboats.
Although this vessel has sunk,we are lacking information in order to update her record. If you have any past information, please contact us.
Sources
Brouwer, Norman J, International Register of Historic Ships, Anthony Nelson, pp142, Edition 2, 1993
The Boat Museum, The Boat Museum
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