FCB 18 | National Historic Ships

Registration number 1390

Status National Historic Fleet

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FCB 18 - bow looking aft showing deck arrangement. ref: 95/12/1/12.

FCB 18 - stern with iron rudder from port side looking aft. Ref: 95/12/1/14

FCB 18 - bow from port side looking aft. Ref: 95/12/1/15

Details

Function Cargo Vessel

Subfunction Lighter

Location Ellesmere Port

Vessel type Lighter

Current use Museum based

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

Web address https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit/national-waterways-museum

Construction

Builder Wates Building Group Limited, Barrow in Furness

Built in 1944

Hull material Concrete

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Towed

Primary engine type None

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

18.00 feet (5.49m)

Length: Overall

79.93 feet (24.38m)

History

FCB18 is one of hundreds of barges made of ferro-concrete during the first and second World Wars to economise on wood and steel. Very little is known of her working life as such vessels were widely seen and unregarded. However it is thought she would have regularly plied her trade as a dumb barge on the Manchester Ship Canal. The vessel is now an exhibit at the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port.

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Sources

The Boat Museum, The Boat Museum

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