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Registration number
2102
Status
Archived
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Previous names
- Tug Wilson
Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Icebreaker
Location
NONE
Archive reason
Disposed
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Staffs & Worcester Canal Co, Stourport
Built in
1933
Hull material
Wood
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
2.50 feet
(0.76m)
Length: Overall
48.50 feet
(14.79m)
History
Built in 1933 for the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal Company, this vessel is an ice breaking barge of timber carvel construction, with a BMC diesel engine of 5.1 litres. Such vessels were in regular use in the winter on the canals. Built by the company lock gate makers, she was known as 'The Petters Ice Boat' in honour of the Petters hot bulb engine then installed. Transferred to the BCN on Nationalisation, she became known as TUG WILSON in the 1950s and 1960s.
She was bought by private owners in 1968 and is in use as a private leisure craft.
Update Feb 2020: Reported by member of public that the vessel was abandoned and became derelict, and was cut up and destroyed in 2015, at Prestwood Wharf.
Key dates
-
1933
Ice breaking barge built for the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal Company
-
1947
Transferred to the BCN on nationalisation of the canals following the 1947 Transport Act
-
1950s & 60s
Became known as TUG WILSON
-
1968
Bought by private owners for use as a private leisure craft
-
1970s
Cabin replaced and reskinned. Sides replanked
-
1973-96
Vessel extensively cruised
-
2004
Extensive repairs and maintenance carried out
-
2015
Vessel reportedly cut up and destroyed.
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