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Name: Dove

Certificate number: 2057

Status:

Registered

Function:

Cargo Vessel

Sub Functional Area:

Narrow Boat

Type:

Narrow Boat

Location:

Fradley Junction, Trent & Mersey Canal, Staffordshire, England

Current use:

Undergoing Restoration

  • Length Overall:

    21.50 metres (70.50 feet)

  • Tonnage Not Known:

    0.00

  • Draught:

    0.92 metres (3.00 feet)

  • Beam:

    2.13 metres (7.00 feet)
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Builder

History

Built in 1925 by W J Yarwood for Fellows Morton & Clayton at Northwich, DOVE is a narrow boat of iron construction with a steel bottom. In 1949 she joined the British Waterways maintenance fleet.

She was sold to A Stevens in 1970 and converted to a trip boat in Birmingham Gas Street and named BRITANIA. In the 1980s she moved to Rickmansworth and was used as a houseboat. Eventually she fell into disrepair until, in 2006, she was bought by her present owner and restored to her 1925 condition.

She is one of a few remaining boats built as a diesel power vessel but with the steamer design hull.

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.

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