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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Birmingham
Vessel type
Butty
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1935
Hull material
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
0
Propulsion
Towed
Primary engine type
None
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
6.98
feet
(2.13
m)
Depth
4.00
feet
(1.22
m)
Length: Overall
71.44
feet
(21.79
m)
Tonnage: Gross
0.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
ASH is a ‘tree class’ narrowboat butty, built by W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd. at Northwich on 9 August 1936 and delivered to the Erewash Canal Carrying Company on 7 October 1935. She was registered with the Municipal Borough of Loughborough on 1 January 1948 and was transferred to the British Transport Commission, London. She was allocated to the South Eastern Division Carrying Fleet on 1 October 1953 and was then taken on by British Waterways on 1 January 1963. ASH was later sold to Nigel and Di Carter who converted her to a residential boat. In their ownership, she was based at Cowley Lock on the Grand Union Canal. Around 1972, she was sold to Stroudwater Cruises Ltd., Gloucester and in 1974 she was bought by the Birmingham & Midland Canal Carrying Company.
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