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Registration number
2026
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Rugby
Vessel type
Josher
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1936
Hull material
Iron
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
6.80 feet
(2.07m)
Depth
3.00 feet
(0.92m)
Length: Overall
71.25 feet
(21.73m)
History
Built in 1936 by Yarwoods of Northwich for Fellows Morton & Clayton, TROUT is a josher of iron construction and a Kelvin J4 diesel engine, 44 hp. She carried cargo for Fellows Morton & Clayton and was then taken over by British Waterways. In the 1960s, she was sold to a private buyer. She is the last of the 18 boats of the Fish class built for Fellows Morton & Clayton.
Key dates
-
1936
Built by Yarwoods of Northwich for Fellows Morton & Clayton
-
1948
Sold to B.T.C. (D. & I.W.E.) and allocated to North Western Division
-
1951
Re-engined with 15 hp diesel unit to allow towing of butty boat
-
1958
Registered with Northwich Urban Sanitary Authority
-
1963
Ownership transferred to British Waterways Board
-
1964-67
Hired to Williow Wren Canal Transport Services Ltd of Southall
-
1968
Hired to Anderton Carrying Co. Ltd of Northwich, Cheshire
-
1975
Sold to private buyer and converted to residential boat
-
1999
In use and based at Shardlow, Derbyshire
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