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Registration number
1859
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Marshfield
Vessel type
Ferro Concrete Barge
Archive reason
Sunk
Current use
None
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Web address
www.canalrivertrust.org.uk
Construction
Builder
Wates Building Group Limited, Barrow in Furness
Built in
1941
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Towed
Primary engine type
None
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
22.50 feet
(5.49m)
Length: Overall
84.00 feet
(24.40m)
History
FCB52 is a stem head ferro concrete barge built in 1941 by Waites Construction at Barrow-in-Furness. In the post war period she was used by the carriers G T Beard on the Sharpness to Gloucester Canal. She was beached in 1965 as part of the Purton Hulks, a collection of vessels that were beached to protect the banks of the River Severn from erosion. The barge was removed from the Purton site in 1990 and taken to Gloucester Docks as an exhibit at the museum of the Waterways Trust.
She was afloat on the Sharpness to Gloucester Canal at Marshfield but reported sunk in October 2012.
Key dates
-
1941
Vessel built by Waites Building Group
-
c 1965
Vessel beached
-
1990
Vessel recovered and moved to Gloucester Docks
-
2002
Removed from Gloucester Dock to Hempstead Bridge
-
c 2005
Removed to Marshfield
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