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Registration number
3693
Status
Registered
victoria.wallworth
Previous names
- 1928 Crete
Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Rickmansworth
Vessel type
Joey
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1928
Hull material
Iron
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
7.00 feet
(2.13m)
Depth
2.00 feet
(0.61m)
Air Draft
2.00 feet
(0.61m)
Length: Overall
70.00 feet
(21.34m)
Tonnage: Gross
19.00
History
CRETE is a riveted day boat and commisioned as part of a fleet for use on the 22 railway interchange basins of the Birmingham Canal Navigations. The hulls of these boats were of Iron construction including the the bottom and measured 70 foot in length with a 7 foot beam and hull side of 3 foot 6 inches. It is recognized by a unique fore-deck, that has a typical Yarwoods stem bar, the deck having little rise, and being longer than Joshers and GUCC boats.
The fleet of L.M.S boats passed into ownership in 1948 and continued the interchange traffic until 1st April 1954. CRETE was then transferred to British Waterways. In 1974/75 British Waterways converted the CRETE into a motor boat with boatmans cabin and reduced the length to 60 feet so that it could be used for maintenance.
Around 1980 it was transferred into private ownership and the hull baseplate was replaced with steel and the iron sides have previously been cut from the bow at approx. 2m aft and new steel “let in” along the sides from the wind and waterline to the base. During this time the cabin was extended to the full length of the boat.
Key dates
-
1928
CRETE built by Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd
-
1948
Change of ownership
-
1954
CRETE transferred to British Waterways
-
1974
British Waterways converted CRETE into a motor boat
-
1980
Transferred into private ownership
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