Registration number 2021
Status Registered
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Amsterdam - starboard side
Amsterdam - starboard bow
Bow shot of Amsterdam
Stern view of Amsterdam
Amsterdam - stern view looking forward
Amsterdam alongside
Amsterdam - starboard quarter looking forward
Starboard side view
Port bow

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Stourbridge
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in 1929
Hull material Steel
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Inboard diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
7.00 feet (2.14m)
Depth
3.00 feet (0.92m)
Length: Overall
58.00 feet (17.69m)

History

Built between 1929 and 1935, AMSTERDAM is a narrowboat with a steel hull built by Yarwoods of Northwich. She is one of only 35 of her type, 30 have been documented and AMSTERDAM is one of five whose history is uncertain. Originally a 'station boat' for the LMS Railway Company, she was converted in the 1990s as a BCN motor boat by Martin Fuller. The hull remains original and all fixtures are in keeping with the period. She is powered by a French twin cylinder diesel engine by Baudouin. Mr J Wilkinson was her owner at the time of her refurbishment in the 1990s, he sold her to a Mr Ward about 1998. Her present owner bought her in 2001.

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