Registration number 2022
Status Registered
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Swift - port side view
Swift - port quarter
Swift - bow view
Swift - stern view
Swift - stern view

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Birmingham
Current use Community Vessel
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Web address www.canalrivertrust.org.uk

Construction

Builder Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in 1933
Hull material Steel
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Inboard diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
7.00 feet (2.14m)
Depth
3.00 feet (0.92m)
Length: Overall
70.00 feet (21.35m)

History

Built in 1933 by Yarwoods of Northwich, SWIFT is a narrowboat with a steel hull and a Lister HA2 diesel engine. She was supplied new to the chemical firm Cowburn & Cowper of Manchester for foundation of their own fleet. Later, she became part of the British Waterways maintenance fleet until being initially restored in the early 1990s. She was later completely refurbished and repainted in 2006 by volunteers from the Working Boat Project.

Own this vessel?

If you are the owner of this vessel and would like to provide more details or updated information, please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk