Registration number 3524
Status Registered
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Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Aldermaston
Vessel type Large Woolwich
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Harland & Wolff Ltd, Woolwich
Built in 1937
Hull material Iron
Rig None
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Inboard diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
71.50 feet (21.79m)
Breadth: Beam
7.00 feet (2.13m)
Depth
3.00 feet (0.91m)
Air Draft
6.50 feet (1.98m)

History

DOVER is a narrow boat of iron and steel construction  -  a Large Woolwich F and  built in 1937 by Harland & Woolff. She carried cargo until 1958 when she was used as a MTC boat from 1959 to 1992 during which time her engine was removed and a steel BWB rear cabin added. She was auctioned in 1992 and restored as the subject of a television series.

Key dates

  • 1937

    Built by Harland & Wolff, Woolwich

  • 1963

    Transferred to British Waterways

  • 1992

    Auctioned at Wigan

  • 2003

    Subject of a television series

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