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Registration number
3010
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Limehouse
Vessel type
Humber Keel
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Harker Ltd, John, Knottingley
Built in
1954
Hull material
Iron
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
50.69 feet
(15.45m)
Breadth: Beam
14.76 feet
(4.50m)
Depth
4.27 feet
(1.30m)
Air Draft
9.84 feet
(3.00m)
Tonnage: Gross
40.00
History
ONWARD was taken out of service in in 1995 and cut and shut from 65 feet to 50 feet. The inside was converted by a master carpenter to accommodate his family of four. The wheelhouse, steering mechanism, tiller and engine room are all original including the hand crank Lister JP3. The vessel was used as a static houseboat. The current owner has serviced the engine and restored the engine room and brought her back to cruising standard. She has been overplated from the waterline down, and repainted.
Significance
Humber Keels are a uniquely British boat with not too many left afloat. They were workhorses and a lot were left to rot at the end of their working life. Their design is reputed to be based on the viking longboat.
Key dates
-
1954
Started working
-
1955
Original Captain Herbert Moxon
-
1995
Converted to houseboat
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