Registration number 2084
Status Archived
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bow view, starboard side
Southcliffe - port side view
starboard side view
Southcliffe - the image the waterways museum uses now she's back where she moored and traded for 70 years
starboard side view
bow view, port side
Southcliffe in Goole
Southcliffe - engine room with 1939 JP2 lister engine still working
Southcliffe - And the original captains cabin (found at the stern end)

Details

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

Construction

Builder Dunston, Richard, Thorne
Built in 1923
Hull material Steel
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 1
Propulsion Sail
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Inboard diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
15.50 feet (4.73m)
Depth
7.50 feet (2.29m)
Length: Overall
61.50 feet (18.76m)

History

SOUTHCLIFFE was built in 1923 by Dunston's of Thorne, as a Humber Keel cargo vessel of steel plate construction.  She was originally a sailing vessel and had her first and only engine installed in 1940 - a Lister diesel model JP2.  Built for W Bleasdale & Co., transferred to British Waterways in 1958 for inland and Humber use, later bought by V Waddington's for inland use.  

SOUTHCLIFFE still has her original captain's quarters in pitch pine and mahogany.  Her hold has been refitted in a similar style, and the renovation has been adapted for permanent living.  The vessel has been re-masted and has undergone extensive work on her sails and rigging.   She is one of only three Humber Keel barges still equipped with a fully operational square rig.  Until 2025 she was moored at Tower Bridge in London, current whereabouts unknown.

Update, February 2025: Believed to be under new ownership.

We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.

 

Grants

  • October 2008

    A Sustainability Grant of £2,000 was made towards the costs of new sails from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships

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