Certificate no 301
Status Registered
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Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Stretton Wharf
Vessel type Star Class Butty
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required No

Construction

Builder Harland & Wolff Ltd, Woolwich
Built in 1935
Hull material Iron
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Number of masts
Propulsion Towed
Primary engine type None
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
71.97 feet (21.95 m)
Tonnage: Gross
0.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed

History

HYADES is a small woolwich butty built in 1935 for the grand union canal co. it has iron sides and wooden bottom with timber cabin, built originally by Harland and Wolff , it is a star class boat and will remain composite as originally consructed

Sources

Hamer, Geoffrey, Trip Out 1995/6 - A Guide to the Passenger Boat Services of the British Isles, G P Hamer, 1995

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