Registration number 2063
Status Registered
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FMC 138 - bow looking aft
FMC 138
FMC 138 - bow

Previous names

  • Sandalwood

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Barge
Location Stockton
Current use None
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Braithwaite & Kirk, Dudley
Built in 1898
Hull material Iron
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Towed
Primary engine type None
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
6.90 feet (2.10m)
Depth
3.25 feet (0.99m)
Length: Overall
70.50 feet (21.50m)
Tonnage: Gross
35.00

History

Built in 1898 by Braithwaite & Kirk, Dudley for Fellows Morton & Clayton, FMC 138 is a narrowboat joey with a composite hull of iron sides and an elm bottom. She remained in trade until circa 1950 and was then converted to a houseboat with full length accommodation and motorised. She is now being restored to her original form as an open cargo carrying boat and is destined to be an exhibit at the Black Country Living Museum. Between March and October 2007, major works to replace her 'lace' iron bottoms and the old re-footing was undertakenl; the stern gear adaptation was removed and the portion of stem fabricated to match the surviving one. All the knees and guards were hot riveted back into position and three missing crossbeams were replicated.

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Key dates

  • 1898

    Built by Braithwaite & Kirk of Dudley as a Canal Day Boat or’joey’
  • 1898-1950

    Used on the Birmingham Canal by the Birmingham Canal Navigation Co
  • 1950

    Sold and converted into a Houseboat

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