Registration number 3546
Status Registered
paula.palmer
Hardy - moored
Hardy - covered

Previous names

  • Hardy

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Banbury
Vessel type Motor Canal Boat - Tanker
Current use Museum based
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Nurser Brothers, Braunston
Built in 1940
Hull material Wood
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Primary engine type Diesel
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
7.00 feet (2.13m)
Depth
2.00 feet (0.61m)
Length: Overall
70.00 feet (21.34m)
Tonnage: Gross
15.00

History

HARDY was built in September 1940 by Nursers in Braunston for the Barlow Coal Company and registered in Daventry as no. 512 for fleet no. 16.  In October that year, she gauged the Oxford Canal no. 5667.  In 1957, the vessel came under fleet no. 31.

In 1962, HARDY was sold to the Blue Line Carriers in Braunston and some time before 1971, she was sold into private ownership and converted to a pleasure boat.

Update, October 2022: Tooley's Boatyard Trust has announced on Facebook that they have received a generous grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop a restoration plan for HARDY.

Key dates

  • September 1940

    Vessel built by Nursers in Braunston
  • 1962

    Vessel sold to Blue Line Carriers, Braunston

Grants

  • February 2025

    A Sustainability Grant of £500 towards a survey was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK

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