Registration number 3767
Status Archived
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A 37 in mooring from her stern
A 37 moored
A 37 moored
A 37 moored
A 37 moored

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Barge
Location Manchester
Archive reason More information required
Current use Unknown
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in 1932
Hull material Steel
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
14.40 feet (4.39m)
Depth
4.00 feet (1.22m)
Air Draft
8.00 feet (2.44m)
Length: Overall
62.00 feet (18.90m)

History

The A37 was built in 1932 by W J Yarwood & Sons Ltd. in Northwich, Cheshire, as part of a fleet of eight.  A37 and her sister ships were used to carry cargo on the Manchester Ship Canal, between Manchester and Liverpool.  She is the last surviving vessel of her fleet – the last one apart from A37 was destroyed in a bombing during the 2nd World War.

Around 1985, she was converted to a liveaboard, with her last maintenance work in 1999.  In 2022, she was purchased by her previous owner, who began a reconstruction project for A37.  She was put up for sale again in spring 2024. 

Update, September 2024: Believed to be under new ownership.

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Key dates

  • 1932

    Built by W J Yarwood & Sons Ltd. in Northwich, Cheshire
  • 1985

    Converted to a living boat
  • 2022

    Purchased by current owner and beginning of the reconstruction project

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