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Registration number
2080
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Guildford
Vessel type
Wey Barge
Current use
Museum based
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Edwards, G J V & Son, Dapdune Wharf, Guildford
Built in
1934
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Towed
Primary engine type
None
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
13.66 feet
(4.17m)
Depth
4.00 feet
(1.22m)
Length: Overall
74.00 feet
(22.57m)
History
Built in 1935 by G J V Edwards & Son of Dapdune Wharf, Guildford, PERSEVERANCE IV is a towed Wey Navigation barge of timber construction.. She was the tenth of eleven barges built at Dapdune Wharf for Wm Stevens & Sons and carried cargoes, mainly bulk wheat, from London Docks to Coxes Lock Mill. She also traded to the West India and Millwall Docks. Her last work was cable laying in the Regent's Canal in 1982 and she came into the Museum of Docklands collection in that year.
The vessel was owned by the Museum of London until 2010 but due to lack of funds to maintain her, she was taken on by the National Trust.
Update, March 2023: PERSEVERANCE IV has been dry docked at Stoke Lock in advance of having some preservation work done and her condition assessed. The longer term plan is to get her floating again and put to some good use on the River Wey Navgiation, possibly as a community space for hire, cafe or bookshop.
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If you are the owner of this vessel and would like to provide more details or updated information, please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk
