Name: Arcturus Certificate number: 350	Status: Registered Function: Cargo Vessel Sub Functional Area: Barge Type: Narrow Boat Location: Watford, Hertfordshire, England Current use: Commercial trade Length Overall: 21.95 metres (71.96 feet) Gross Tonnage: 17.00 Depth Not Known: 0.00 (0.00 ) Breadth Not Known: 0.00 (0.00 )

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Built 1934, ARCTURUS is a narrow boat barge with a capacity for 54 passengers. Based at Watford, she operates public and charter cruises on the Grand Union Canal.

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Bibliography

• Hamer, Geoffrey, 1995, Trip Out 1995/6 - A Guide to the Passenger Boat Services of the British Isles, pp. 66, G P Hamer

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