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Registration number
664
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Morcombe
Current use
Museum based
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1936
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
6.98 feet
(2.13m)
Depth
3.51 feet
(1.07m)
Length: Overall
71.97 feet
(21.95m)
History
Built in 1936 by Yarwoods of Northwich for Fellows Morton & Clayton Ltd, SHAD is a motorised narrowboat with a composite hull of steel sides and a wooden bottom. She carried cargo on the English canals until 1972 when she was retired and acquired by the Boat Museum at Ellesmere Port where she is preserved afloat. In 2007, SHAD's cabin was restored and she was back in operational condition.
Sources
Brouwer, Norman J, International Register of Historic Ships, Anthony Nelson, Edition 2, 1993
The Boat Museum, The Boat Museum
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