Registration number
1432
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Shropshire Union Canal
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1935
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
7.51 feet
(2.29m)
Depth
2.98 feet
(0.91m)
Length: Overall
69.97 feet
(21.34m)
History
LYNX is a narrow boat, built by W.J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd. at Northwich in 1935. Her British Waterways number was 62732. She has wrought iron sides with an elm bottom and a pointed bow. She currently has a counter stern, although she began life as a butty and thus would have had a pointed stern. Her engine is a Lister HR2 diesel with two cylinders and 32 horsepower. LYNX was rebuilt in the 1970s and the engine and counter stern were fitted at that time. She was part of the Star class and was commissioned by the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company Ltd.
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