Registration number
        3639
      
            
        Status
        Registered
      
              
            paula.palmer
      
        
                
      
      Previous names
- 1923 Ril Elsie
 
Details
          Function
          Cargo Vessel
        
                          
            Subfunction
            Barge
          
        
                          
            Location
            Newark-on-Trent
          
        
                          
            Vessel type
            Lighter - Dumb 
          
        
                
                
          Current use
          Commercial Activity
        
                
          Available to hire
          No
        
                
          Available for excursions
          No
        
                      
            Info required
            Yes
        
      
                  Construction
            Builder
            Scarr, Henry Ltd, Hessle
          
                                  
            Built in
            1923
          
        
                          
            Hull material
            Steel
          
        
                          
            Rig
            None
          
        
                
                          
            Number of decks
            1
          
        
                
                
                
                          
            Primary engine type
            None
          
        
                          
            Boiler type
            None
          
        
                          
            Boilermaker
            None
          
        
                
                      Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
                    
                      17.50 feet
                      (5.33m)
                    
                                                Depth
                    
                      7.00 feet
                      (2.13m)
                    
                                                Air Draft
                    
                      10.00 feet
                      (3.05m)
                    
                                                Length: Overall
                    
                      95.00 feet
                      (28.96m)
                    
                                                History
RIL ELSIE is an un-powered lighter built by Henry Scarr Ltd. in 1923 for Rishworth, Ingleby & Lofthouse and used for trading on the River Humber and connecting waterways.
She was sold out of service in 1980 to become a public house based at Newark Wharf on the River Trent.
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Key dates
- 
                  1923
                  
Vessel built by Henry Scarr Ltd. in Hessle, Yorkshire
 - 
                  December 1980
                  
Vessel opened as a public house at Newark on Trent
 
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