Registration number 2139
Status Registered
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Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Kings Cross
Vessel type Town Class Large Woolwich
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Built in 1936
Hull material Steel
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
7.05 feet (2.15m)
Depth
3.33 feet (1.02m)
Length: Overall
72.25 feet (22.04m)

History

Built in 1936 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, a narrowboat of steel construction with a Perkins diesel engine model 4.107. A barge of the Large Woolwich class built for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company to carry coal on the Grand Union Canal. A steel cabin was added in the 1980s. In 2003 major restoration work was carried out on the interior followed by an exterior overhaul in 2005.

Update, February 2024. Vessel believed sold. 

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