Registration number
2022
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Birmingham
Current use
Community Vessel
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Web address
www.canalrivertrust.org.uk
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1933
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
70.00 feet
(21.35m)
History
Built in 1933 by Yarwoods of Northwich, SWIFT is a narrowboat with a steel hull and a Lister HA2 diesel engine. She was supplied new to the chemical firm Cowburn & Cowper of Manchester for foundation of their own fleet. Later, she became part of the British Waterways maintenance fleet until being initially restored in the early 1990s. She was later completely refurbished and repainted in 2006 by volunteers from the Working Boat Project.
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