Registration number
2005
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Colchester
Vessel type
Barge - Swin Head Stumpy
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Built in
1935
Rig
Spritsail
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
18.00 feet
(5.49m)
Depth
3.00 feet
(0.92m)
Length: Overall
72.00 feet
(21.96m)
Tonnage: Gross
58.00
History
FERTILE is a swim head stumpy barge, built in 1935, now based at Colchester. This ex-Thames lighter was found in a Medway scrapyard in 1984 by her present owner. She has an iron hull and a Ford diesel 6 bhp engine made in 1976.
We are lacking information on this vessel. If you have any details past of present, please contact us.
Key dates
-
1935
Built by unknown builder as a Lighter for Mead and Company to transport wood pulp and timber
-
1986
Purchased by new owner. Started to be converted to a Swim Head Stumpy Barge
-
2000
Sailed by owners to Holland via France & Belgium to Amsterdam
-
2005
Returned to England
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