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Registration number
1635
Status
Registered
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Previous names
- Kennet
- Enterprise
- 1950 Susan
Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Stretton
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Fellows, Morton & Clayton, Saltley Dock
Built in
1903
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
6.98 feet
(2.13m)
Depth
2.79 feet
(0.85m)
Length: Overall
69.97 feet
(21.34m)
History
KIMBERLEY was built by Fellows, Morton & Clayton at Saltley, Birmingham in 1903. She was a cargo carrying, horse-drawn boat until 1938, when a nine horsepower Bolinder engine was installed by Yarwoods at Northwich. She was transferred to British Waterways at the time of nationalisation in 1948 and then sold on to C. Balinger in the 1950s. In the next decade, she was bought by D. Blagrove.
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Grants
-
June 2009
A Sustainability Award of ú2000 for repairs to iron hull was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships
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