Name: Basuto Certificate number: 11	Status: Designated Vessel Function: Cargo Vessel Sub Functional Area: Lighter Type: Clyde Puffer Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England Current use: Museum: floating Length Overall: 20.10 metres (65.90 feet) Gross Tonnage: 64.00 Depth Not Known: 0.00 (0.00 ) Maximum Breadth: 4.80 metres (15.74 feet)

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Web address

http://www.thewaterwaystrust.co.uk

Builder

• 1902, W Jacks & Co, Port Dundas., Port Dundas

History

A true Clyde puffer, BASUTO worked for W M Jacks on the Forth & Clyde Canal until 1919 when she was bought by J Kelly & Co, Belfast, a coal merchant. Acquired by Cooper & Sons, of Widnes in the 1920s, she was converted to a dumb barge to carry sand and gravel. Later bought by the Manchester Dry Docks Ltd, she was returned to steam. BASUTO was acquired by the Boat Museum at Ellesmere Port in 1981 where she is currently on display.

These brief histories are compiled from details supplied by vessel owners and enthusiasts and from various reference works. National Historic Ships would be grateful for any corrections of facts or additional information for inclusion. Please contact ron.ellis@nationalhistoricships.org.uk

Subsequent developments

None notified, please let us know if you have any additional information.

Previous names

Bibliography

• The Boat Museum, The Boat Museum
• 1975, Waterways World, March
• Brouwer, Norman J, 1993, International Register of Historic Ships, pp. 136, Edition: 2, Anthony Nelson
• 1994, Steamboat Register: An illustrated Register of surviving steam vessels in the British Isles, May, Edition: 6, Steam Boat Association of Great Britain

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