Registration number 2878
Status Archived
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Water Haigh part-sunk at Strood March 2023
Water Haigh part-sunk at Strood March 2023
port side view
port side view

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Tug
Location Unknown
Vessel type Canal Tug
Archive reason More information required
Current use Unknown
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Jones, Edward C, Brentford
Built in 1959
Hull material Steel
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 2
Primary engine type Inboard diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
49.42 feet (15.06m)
Breadth: Beam
14.50 feet (4.42m)
Depth
6.75 feet (2.06m)
Tonnage: Gross
56.40

History

WATER HAIGH is a tug of steel construction built in 1959 by E C Jones of Brentford and presently located in Rochester on the River Medway. For much of her life she worked for British Waterways based in Leeds and  was used to pull interlocking Tom Pudding barges for the Yorkshire coal mining industry.

Update: 2023: WATER HAIGH reported sunk at her moorings (possibly in 2016?) and in very poor condition. 

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

Key dates

  • 1959

    Built by E C Jones & Sons of Brentford
  • 1960s

    Used to pull barges for the Yorkshire coal mining industry
  • 2015

    In commercial use on the River Medway at Rochester

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