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Registration number
2775
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Weedon
Vessel type
Coal motor barge
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1929
Hull material
Iron
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
52.00 feet
(15.85m)
Breadth: Beam
6.92 feet
(2.11m)
Depth
2.75 feet
(0.84m)
Tonnage: Gross
20.00
History
TEBAY was built in 1929 by Yarwoods of Northwich as an LMS coal boat, a narrow boat of iron riveted construction with a Kelvin diesel engine. After years of service conveying coal for the London Midland & Scottish Railway she was transferred to British Waterways and cut down to 36ft and used as a mess boat for a dredging gang. Purchased in 1987, she was taken to G.M, Engineering of Wednesbury who re-bottomed, re-footed and lengthened her to the present 52ft.
Purchased by her present owners in 2010, her interior has been refitted in 1930s style.
Key dates
-
1929
Built by W.J. Yarwood and Sons Ltd of Northwich
-
1987
Rescued as an old hulk and re-bottomed, re-footed and extended to 52 ft
-
1997
3 cylinder Kelvin engine fitted
-
2010
Purchased by present owners and interior refitted in 1930 style
-
2014
In private use at Weedon on Grand Union canal
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