Registration number 2550
Status Registered
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starboard side
port side view
port side - cabin

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Barge
Location Rugby
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Nurser Brothers, Braunston
Built in 1939
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Inboard diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
70.00 feet (21.35m)

History

GORT is a narrowboat built by Nursers of Braunston in 1939. She is built of timber and has a Gardner 2L2 diesel engine. She was built as a working boat at Braunston for Samuel Barlow. She was converted to a houseboat in 1960 by her new owners, Tony and Helen Newman and sold to Lord Catto in 1965 and lived in by Innes Catto from 1969 to 1975. Vandalised and sunk in 1976, she was sold to Mr Dumlow. Eventually, she was bought by her present owner and ongoing conservation has taken place since 1986. The boat has been painted in her original colours by Ron Hough who was a crew member in her working days.

Update, May 2024: Vessel for sale.

Key dates

  • 1939 Built by Nursers of Braunston
  • 1960 Converted to a houseboat
  • 1976 Vandalised and sunk, later raised and sold
  • 1980

    Sold to a lady who swapped her for a Narrow Boat who sold her on
  • 1985

    Found by the present owner on the Regent’s Canal in Islington and bought from Julian Kingston
  • 1986-2012

    She was restored

  • 1986-2012

    She was restored

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