Registration number
3499
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Knottingley
Vessel type
Barge - Aire & Calder
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Dunston, Richard, Thorne
Built in
1956
Hull material
Iron
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
85.00 feet
(25.91m)
Breadth: Beam
17.50 feet
(5.33m)
Depth
4.00 feet
(1.22m)
Air Draft
12.00 feet
(3.66m)
Tonnage: Gross
320.00
History
NUMBER 3 is a barge built by Richard Dunston of Thorne in 1956 and is a vessel of steel construction with a Volvo Penta TAMD 120A diesel engine. Was used to carry coal on the Aire and Calder navigation for Hargreaves and used to carry coal to Ferrybridge power station.
The vessel is currently being converted for use as a live aboard house boat.
We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.
Key dates
-
1956
Built by Richard Dunston of Thorne
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