Registration number 2841
Status Registered
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Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Shropshire Union Canal
Vessel type Narrowboat - Butty
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
Propulsion Towed
Primary engine type None
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
71.50 feet (21.79m)
Breadth: Beam
6.83 feet (2.08m)

History

BAKEWELL is a narrow boat butty built by Harland & Wolff, Woolwich in 1936 and is a vessel of steel riveted construction. She was delivered to the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company in November 1936 paired with the motor BLETCHLEY. The vessel was one of the last to be working, being engaged on the famous traffic of transporting lime pulp to Roses Wharf at Boxmoor until the late 1960s.

She then served with Union Canal Carriers as part of their camping boat fleet until she was sold into private ownership in 1985.

Key dates

  • 1936

    Built by Harland & Wolff, Woolwich
  • 1948

    Ownership passed to British Waterways Board
  • 1985

    Sold into private ownership

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