Registration number 1661
Status Archived
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Laurel under way on the Staffordshire and Worcester canal - port quarter looking forward

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Barge
Location Unknown
Archive reason More information required
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Fellows, Morton & Clayton, Saltley Dock
Built in 1913
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
6.98 feet (2.13m)
Depth
2.75 feet (0.84m)
Length: Overall
70.50 feet (21.50m)

History

LAUREL was built as a narrowboat by Fellows, Morton & Clayton Ltd. at Saltley, Birmingham, in 1913. She operated under fleet number 45, Birmingham Canal Navigation number 21980, British Waterways index number 60707 and Grand Union number 11893. LAUREL carried various cargoes from 1914 to 1947, working for Fellows, Morton & Clayton Ltd. With nationalization, she was transferred to British Waterways and used on the Coventry Canal between 1948 and 1960. She later sank at Hartshill, Nuneaton, and remained there until she was acquired by the present owner in 1964, when she was converted to pleasure use. Her hull is composite, with riveted wrought iron sides and an elm bottom. The current engine is an inboard diesel Freedom Range (FR3) made by Lister Blackstone Marine Ltd. It has three cylinders and twenty-four brake horsepower at 1500 rpm.

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