Registration number
2005
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Colchester
Vessel type
Swin Head Stumpy Barge
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Built in
1935
Rig
Spritsail
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
18.00 feet
(5.49m)
Depth
3.00 feet
(0.92m)
Length: Overall
72.00 feet
(21.96m)
Tonnage: Gross
58.00
History
FERTILE is a swim head stumpy barge, built in 1935, now based at Colchester. This ex-Thames lighter was found in a Medway scrapyard in 1984 by her present owner. She has an iron hull and a Ford diesel 6 bhp engine made in 1976.
We are lacking information on this vessel. If you have any details past of present, please contact us.
Key dates
-
1935
Built by unknown builder as a Lighter for Mead and Company to transport wood pulp and timber
-
1986
Purchased by new owner. Started to be converted to a Swim Head Stumpy Barge
-
2000
Sailed by owners to Holland via France & Belgium to Amsterdam
-
2005
Returned to England
Own this vessel?
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