Keppel | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2462

Status Registered

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Keppel & Lindsay heading towards Filance Bridge - 2022 Photo Comp entry

Details

Function Cargo Vessel

Subfunction Narrow Boat

Location Nantwich

Vessel type Narrowboat - Butty Admiral Class

Current use Ongoing conservation

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich

Built in 1959

Hull material Steel

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Towed

Primary engine type None

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

6.80 feet (2.07m)

Length: Overall

70.50 feet (21.50m)

History

KEPPEL was built as the butty boat to LINDSAY and used to carry cargo for the North West Division of British Waterways. She was one of the last four working boats built for the British Waterways Board. The two vessels worked mainly on the River Weaver and around the Potteries area carrying supplies to and from the factories. In 1997 Keppel was restored to exhibition standard by British Waterways as part of the BW Heritage Fleet. She was based at the Etruria Industrial Museum until being sold to private owners in 2022. She is still paired with motorboat LINDSAY.

Update, June 2025: Vessel for sale.

Grants

January 2014:
A Sustainability award for £1000 towards the cost of remedial work was awarded from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships

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