Registration number
2840
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Grand Union Canal
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Harland & Wolff Ltd, Woolwich
Built in
1936
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
71.42 feet
(21.77m)
Breadth: Beam
7.08 feet
(2.16m)
Depth
3.50 feet
(1.07m)
Air Draft
5.00 feet
(1.52m)
Tonnage: Gross
39.00
History
ABER is a Woolowich class Narrow Boat built by Harland & Wolff at Woolwich in1936 and is a vessel of steel riveted construction with a Russell Newbery diesel engine.
Commissioned by and working for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company she began cargo carrying duties. After a long career as a carrying boat in about 1963 she became a maintenance boat and later passed through various ownerships until bought by her present owner in 2012.
Key dates
-
1936
Built by Harland & Wolff, Woolwich
-
1963
Transferred to British Waterways Board as a maintenance vessel
-
1984
Extensive repair, replating and new decks
-
2022
New owner
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