Registration number 2276
Status Registered
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CORPUS CHRISTI BARGE at Oxford

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Launch
Location Oxford
Vessel type College Barge
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Salter Brothers Ltd, Oxford
Built in 1930
Hull material Steel
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Towed
Primary engine type None
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
16.50 feet (5.03m)
Depth
7.50 feet (2.29m)
Length: Overall
70.00 feet (21.35m)

History

This is the last Oxford College Barge to be built.  These barges were used as a club common room, crew changing room and viewing platform for rowing races.  Each barge was designed as a unique craft with architectural merit and her designer, Nathaniel Harrison FRIBA, was a celebrated architect. CORPUS CHRISTI BARGE is one of only seven remaining.

Corpus Christi College rowing club barge fell into disrepair when boathouses were built on Christchurch meadow.  In the 1960s/70s the College Barges became abandoned and neglected.

There are 7 remaining (3 in Oxford) and all are owned privately, or by small trusts.

Key dates

  • 1930

    Built by Salters, Oxford
  • 2011

    Vessel open for public viewing on Saturday 10 September as part of English Heritage's Open Day weekend. Restoration is ongoing and progressing well

Own this vessel?

If you are the owner of this vessel and would like to provide more details or updated information, please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk