Registration number 664
Status Registered
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Shad - starboard bow looking aft
Shad on display in Ellesmere Port - starboard quarter
SHAD - starboard quarter
Shad - starboard side
Shad - starboard bow
Shad - cabin rebuild

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Barge
Location Ellesmere Port
Current use Museum based
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in 1936
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
6.98 feet (2.13m)
Depth
3.51 feet (1.07m)
Length: Overall
71.97 feet (21.95m)

History

Built in 1936 by Yarwoods of Northwich for Fellows Morton & Clayton Ltd, SHAD is a motorised narrowboat with a composite hull of steel sides and a wooden bottom. She carried cargo on the English canals until 1972 when she was retired and acquired by the Boat Museum (now the National Waterways Museum) at Ellesmere Port where she is preserved afloat. In 2007, SHAD's cabin was restored and she was back in operational condition.

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

Sources

Brouwer, Norman J, International Register of Historic Ships, Anthony Nelson,  Edition 2, 1993  
The Boat Museum, The Boat Museum

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