Name Delphinus

DELPHINUS is a traditional iron composite narrowboat built in 1935 by W J Yarwoods and Sons Ltd, of Northwich, as a commercial motorboat for the Grand Union Carrying Company, originally at full length being 21.79 metres (71' 6"). The vessel was a conventional flat bottom plate, a mixture of welded and riveted, and a mixture of iron and steel, narrowboat. The swept bow included a cast stem post and a stern with a rounded transom.

In 1942 the vessel was sold to Talbot Garage Ltd (Kidderminster), who used her to carry coal from the Cannock coalmines to Stourport power station. In the mid 1950s this contract was taken over by T&S Elements of Oldbury in the West Midlands, and under their ownership the vessel's name was changed to PRINCE CHARLES.

When sold by T&S Elements, the vessel was used for canal maintenance by a private company. Following nationalisation of the inland waterways, the British Transport Commission (British Waterways) purchased the vessel, using her until 1963, when she was sold into private ownership. During this time the vessel was shortened to 50' to work as a tugboat.

The vessel was then re-footed, re-bottomed, lengthened and converted to leisure use, circa 2006, by Stockton Dry Dock Company of Warwickshire. DELPHINUS was purchased by her current owner in 2022.