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Registration number
2033
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Ashby Canal
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Harland & Wolff Ltd, Woolwich
Built in
1935
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
7.00 feet
(2.14m)
Depth
3.00 feet
(0.92m)
Length: Overall
71.50 feet
(21.81m)
History
Built in 1935 by Harland & Wolff at Woolwich for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company, CASSIOPEIA is a narrow boat with an iron composite hull and a 20 bhp diesel engine by Petter. She is one of 24 iron composite pairs and her class is Small Woolwich Star. On her first registration under the Canal Boat Act of 1877 she was designated to house 2 persons or 2 adults and 2 children under 12 years. She remained with the GUCCC until the British Transport Commission took control in 1947. They re-engined her with her present engine in 1958. During the years 1944 to 1963, she remained in the hands of one family. Thereafter, she passed into private ownership but continued to carry cargoes. She is now based at Ashby Canal, Leicestershire.
Significance
Attended the 1964 opening ceremony of the newly restored Stratford canal.
Key dates
-
1935
Built by Harland & Wolff at Woolwich
-
1964
In private ownership, still carrying cargo
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