Registration number 3783
Status Registered
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Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Tamworth
Vessel type Star Class Butty
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Harland & Wolff Ltd, Woolwich
Built in 1935
Hull material Steel
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Primary engine type None
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Depth
3.25 feet (0.99m)
Breadth: Beam
7.08 feet (2.16m)
Length: Overall
69.00 feet (21.03m)

History

MARCELLUS was built by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Woolwich, London, and delivered to the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company Ltd in 1935. Her original dimensions were 70'6" x 7'01/2" x 4'2". As a Star Class butty, she was originally paired with the Star Class motor ARCHIMEDES and was registered as number 308.

In 1948, on nationalisation, MARCELLUS passed to the British Transport Commission (Docks & Inland Waterways Executive) fleet - later known as British Waterways. She worked for British Waterways until c.1979, when she was purchased by an unknown owner.

She changed hands several times before being cut in two, c.1991. The fore half, originally about 60' long, was rebuilt as a 69' counter sterned motor with cabin conversion, with a Petter PJ3 engine fitted. She then was owned by several different people until her current owner purchased her in 2023, and she currently lies at Stoke Bruerne or Alvecote, near Tamworth, Staffordshire.

Key dates

  • 1935

    Built by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Woolwich, London, for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company Ltd

  • 1948

    On nationalisation, passed on to the British Transport Commission (Docks & Inland Waterways Executive) fleet - later British Waterways

  • 1979

    Sold around this time by British Waterways

  • 1991

    Around this time, cut in two and fore half rebuilt as 69' counter sterned motor with cabin conversion

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