Registration number 399
Status Archived
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Chiltern - out of the water at Ellesmere Port
Chiltern seen from the bows looking aft
Stern view of Chiltern out of the water
Chiltern - stern view
Chiltern at Ellesmere Port, stern view, port quarter

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Morcombe
Archive reason No longer meet criteria
Current use Museum based
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Fellows, Morton & Clayton, Uxbridge
Built in 1946
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
6.98 feet (2.13m)
Depth
3.50 feet (1.07m)
Length: Overall
70.95 feet (21.64m)

History

Built in 1946 at Uxbridge, CHILTERN is a wooden narrowboat of carvel construction. Her original owners were Fellows Morton & Clayton, for whom she worked as a cargo vessel. She is now preserved out of the water at The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port.

Sources

Brouwer, Norman J, International Register of Historic Ships, Anthony Nelson, pp143, Edition 2, 1993 
The Boat Museum, The Boat Museum

Own this vessel?

If you are the owner of this vessel and would like to provide more details or updated information, please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk