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Registration number
2878
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Tug
Location
Unknown
Vessel type
Canal Tug
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Unknown
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Jones, Edward C, Brentford
Built in
1959
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
2
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
49.42 feet
(15.06m)
Breadth: Beam
14.50 feet
(4.42m)
Depth
6.75 feet
(2.06m)
Tonnage: Gross
56.40
History
WATER HAIGH is a tug of steel construction built in 1959 by E C Jones of Brentford and presently located in Rochester on the River Medway. For much of her life she worked for British Waterways based in Leeds and was used to pull interlocking Tom Pudding barges for the Yorkshire coal mining industry.
Update: 2023: WATER HAIGH reported sunk at her moorings (possibly in 2016?) and in very poor condition.
We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.
Key dates
-
1959
Built by E C Jones & Sons of Brentford
-
1960s
Used to pull barges for the Yorkshire coal mining industry
-
2015
In commercial use on the River Medway at Rochester
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