Registration number
107
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Ellesmere Port
Current use
Museum based
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1934
Hull material
Iron
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
14.66 feet
(4.47m)
Length: Overall
61.97 feet
(18.90m)
History
Built 1934 by Yarwoods, Northwich, BACUP is a motor barge which was employed on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Originally powered by a Widdop engine and later by a Lister diesel, she has an iron hull and remained in service until 1982. She is now preserved afloat at The National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
Sources
Brouwer, Norman J, International Register of Historic Ships, Anthony Nelson, pp135, Edition 2, 1993
The Boat Museum, The Boat Museum
Own this vessel?
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