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Registration number
3642
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Previous names
- 1931 DUKE
Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Leeds & Liverpool Canal
Vessel type
Royalty Class
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1931
Hull material
Iron
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Dimensions
Depth
7.17 feet
(2.18m)
Air Draft
6.42 feet
(1.96m)
Length: Overall
71.50 feet
(21.79m)
Tonnage: Gross
25.00
History
DUKE was built for carrying cargo on the Grand Union Canal origianlly paired with butty dutchess and running a kromhout M1. She was laid down in 1931 and launched two months later. She worked on the thames and inland waterways and was built for and operated by Assosiated Canal Carriers LTD. She was later sold to the Grand Union Canal Canal Company (GUCCC) and used as a maintance boat.
She was later sold into private ownership and re purposed as a educational cinema boat visiting various locations and schools for many years before been sold again and coverted in the 1990s to a live aboard.
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Key dates
-
1931
Built in 1931 by Yarwood, WJ & Sons Ltd, Northwich
-
1990's
Converted to a houseboat
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