Registration number 2417
Status Registered
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Cepheus and Cygnus reunites photo comp 2023

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Trent & Mersey Canal
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Harland & Wolff Ltd, Woolwich
Built in 1935
Hull material Iron
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
7.10 feet (2.17m)
Depth
3.50 feet (1.07m)
Length: Overall
71.50 feet (21.81m)

History

CEPHEUS is a narrow boat of iron plate construction with a Lister HA2 diesel engine. She was built in 1935 by Harland and Wolff in Woolwich. The vessel was a British Waterways general cargo carrier and later in private ownership was used as a cable carrier to lay fibre optic cables between London and Birmingham. She was restored to full carrying standard. CEPHEUS is painted in British Waterways 1950s blue and yellow livery and attends historic boating events on a regular basis.

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