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Boats in the LMS fleet (Railway
interchange)
Name / BCN Gauging number / Further details
| Clyde |
1996 |
No 1, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1996. Steel cabin built at
Ellesmere Port early 1990's. Re-named FORD; converted; was paired with
DRAGON at Ellesmere Port; privately owned. Now at Huxley on the Chester
section Shropshire Union Canal. |
| Antwerp |
767 |
No 710, cabined wooden horseboat, BCN gauging No 767, 21/11/1923. |
| Arbutus |
783 |
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| Rollo |
2046 |
No 4, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 2046. Re-named ALSAGER. This boat
was on BW maintenance Fradley section mid 1970's; now privately owned. Offered
for sale 1981 in working trim. Moored at Bulls Bridge
1980's/90's. 1997, sold locally to Bulls Bridge, and is now paired with
another Josher stern end plus station boat fore-end; (see unidentified
below). |
| Ross |
2050 |
No 5, open iron boat, BCN gauging 2050. Now the BIRDSWOOD working as a
trip boat from Froghall Wharf on the Caldon canal. Re-bottomed and
re-footed 1995, also hydraulic engine installation installed in the
rudder. |
| Brussels |
778 |
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| Venice |
1558 |
No 7, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1558, 4/2/1930. Length 70ft
0". Now the LINCOLN, recently for sale (July 2000), half converted,
and at Greensforge S & W Canal. This boat was on BW maintenance on
the Caldon Canal around 1980. |
| Brier |
13977 |
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| Ajax |
1501 |
No 9, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1501, 10/7/1929. At WFB Co for
conversion/ renovation July 1985.Converted to a motor boat by
Warwickshire Fly Boat Co, and fitted with RN DM2 |
| Budget |
20910 |
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| F.J.Honkinson |
1425 |
No 11 , Open iron day boat, BCN gauging 1425, 20/9/1928. Length 69ft
11". |
| Bride |
1827 |
No 12, cabined iron boat, BCN gauging No 1827, 28/9/1934.Length 70ft 6
".
Following
information supplied by the owner:- BCN gauge table 1827 (LMS No 12
Bride) dated 28/9/1934 refers back to BCN 14870 of 26/2/1896, this shows
the boat name Bride with owner Pickford's, later SUR&CCo. This
table also refers back to an earlier gauging BCN 13558, a table which is
missing but can be dated to June 1893. It is also the only boat in
the whole of the surviving BCN gauge tables with the name Bride.
Bride
can therefore be traced right through from Pickford's to Shropshire
Union, LMS, BR (LMR) and Willow Wren and on to private ownership in
1958. An earlier email (info from HNBOC Archive??) said this had
been traced through to the mid 1980s. Then in late 1980s we have a
claim that a Club member owned a Bantock boat named Bride which was
modified to fit a motor in 1990, and which appears to be the boat now
carrying the BW Index No 51170. This
now looks pretty compelling circumstantial evidence that LMS Bride and
BW51170 are probably the same boat
Other Photos |
| B |
12784 |
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| Dart |
1998 |
No 14, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1998, thought to be the EXETER. |
| Councellor |
1076 |
cabined wooden day boat, BCN gauging No 1076, 14/8/1925. Possibly named
COUNCILLOR |
| Crete |
1430 |
No 16, open iron boat, BCN gauging 1430, 27/9/1928. Length 69ft
11". Converted to a motor boat 1974/75. Had a rough stern on her was
taken to Birchills '86 had new stern fitted not long after. Sank at
Walsall when owners son ran a bilge pump pipe out through the weed hatch
but forgot to take it back in when he turned the pump off!! Same person
now owns a radio controlled model of CRETE. (No weedhatch) |
| Beck |
1515 |
No 17, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1515, 31/7/1929. Length 70ft
0". Offered for sale Sept 1981 by M.E.Braine. Converted to motorboat
by M.E.Braine, in 1983. Full length steel cabin, with Lister JP2 and now
up the Brinklow arm, Northern Oxford. |
| Seville |
1597 |
No 18, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1597, 9/5/1930. Length 70ft
0". Extant 1999. |
| Carp |
19965 |
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| Cyclops |
1989 |
No 20, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1989. |
| Czar |
1742 |
No 21, cabined iron boat, BCN gauging No 1742, 28/9/1932. Length 71ft
2". |
| Rhine |
2002 |
No 22, open iron boat, BCN gauging 2002.Built in 1937 for London
Midland & Scottish Railway Company by W J Yarwood & Sons of
Northwich. It was then known as Rhine, Fleet Number 22. In this period
it was an open boat, i.e. without any cabin, and was used for the movement
of cargoes between canalside premises in the Birmingham area and railway
interchange basins for onward transport by train; hence the name
‘Railway’ or ‘Station’ boats. On nationalisation of the
railways, 1st January 1948, it was transferred into the ownership of
British Railways (London Midland Region). Following the nationalisation
of the canals at the same time, British Waterways decided that in the
North West region it would be more efficient for boats to work in pairs
rather than as single motor boats which had been the practice
previously. Although this increased journey times, more cargo could be
carried. However, there was a shortage of butties (unpowered boats which
are towed by motors) to fulfill this policy. By the mid-1950s, British
Railways had ceased their canal carrying activities and their boats were
transferred to British Waterways’ ownership. 12 of the Railway boats
were converted to butties by fitting traditional cabins; some at Stone,
others at Stoke-on-Trent. A distinctive feature of these boats were
their high cabins, to compensate for their relatively shallow hulls.
Rhine was one of these 12 boats, and following conversion (at Anderton
Company’s dock at Stoke-on-Trent) was renamed “Ditton”. Clearly
this work was done as cheaply as possible; some of the original cabin work
which still survived when purchased by the present owners was
made from broken up packing cases! Ditton was often paired with the
Josher motor Cypress, and later with the Admiral class motor MOUNTBATTEN.
When carrying ceased, the boat was left lying at Northwich and
eventually purchased in a derelict condition by Threefellows Carrying
Company. They fitted it out as a ‘camping’ boat and paired it with
the Josher motor Apple. Later, it was left lying at Sawley for a number
of years, becoming derelict once more. Ditton was then purchased by the
present owners on 8th March 1993, and has since been extensively
restored, including a new steel bottom and wooden cabin. . |
| Raye |
2055 |
No 23, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 2055. Now the CREWE. For sale as
CREWE in 1975, part converted. Counter stern motorised, privately owned
on the BCN at Sneyd. |
| Dane |
20536 |
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| Edris |
2141 |
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| Eventful |
1102 |
No 26, cabined wooden horseboat, BCN gauging No 1102, 8/10/1925. |
| Elm |
20794 |
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| Edger |
20916 |
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| Gleaner |
15761 |
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| Governor |
20238 |
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| Gainsborough |
1970 |
No information currently on the Yarwoods GAINSBOROUGH. LMS No 32 is
listed in the BCN register as an open wooden boat, named GAINSBOROUGH,
late 21220, both plates missing. Gauged on 14/7/1937. Length 68ft
10". BCN gauging No 1970. |
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| Havana |
16243 |
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| Hound |
1432 |
No 35, open iron day boat, BCN gauging No 1432, 9/10/1928. Length 70ft
1". |
| Ham |
1431 |
No 36, open iron day boat, BCN gauging No 1431, 9/10/1928. Length 70ft
1".Was possibly named HARE |
| Tebay |
1525 |
No 37, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1525, 8/10/1929. Length 70ft
0". Converted to a motorboat and now privately owned, Shropshire. Latest
info is that TEBAY is a 52ft tug owned by KW of
Vintage marine engine club. |
| Holibleen |
2241 |
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| Harrison |
15212 |
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| Imperator |
766 |
No 40, cabined wooden horseboat, BCN gauging No 766, 21/11/1923. |
| Delhi |
1606 |
No 41, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1606, 29/5/1930. Length 69ft
11".LMS owned and worked until December 1959 when B.W. cut her in
half at Gloucester and used the fore end to make a 40ft hire boat WATER
VIPER which she worked as until 1969 she was sold into private ownership
and with the same family till 2001 when Jason McCabe got her. Now
CHARIENE based at Marsworth and in time will have a new stern end. |
| Jasper |
20171 |
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| Dora |
1567 |
No 43, cabined iron boat, Registered at Wolverhampton No. 1137, BCN
gauging No 1567, 12/3/1930. Length 70ft 4". |
| Finch |
1529 |
No 44, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1529, 8/11/1929. Length 70ft
1". At WFB Co July 1985 for renovation /conversion. Shortened to
48ft motor boat, engine 12hp Petter Semi diesel. Based at Bulbourne.
Other half is extant. |
| Leige (Liege) |
22345 |
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| Lille |
22249 |
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| Lily |
2107 |
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| Mull |
1434 |
No 48, open iron day boat, BCN gauging No 1434, 16/10/1928. Length
69ft 11". |
| Lisbon |
1550 |
No 49, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1550, 16/1/1930. Length 70ft
1". Now the ELLESMERE working as a hotel boat for Rushbrooke
Narrowboats, Warwick. |
| Mecca |
1435 |
No 50, open iron day boat, BCN gauging No 1435, 16/10/1928. Length
69ft 11". Towed from Marple locks to the National Trust yard at Lapworth
in the mid 1970's. Used on the Stratford on Avon Canal as a workboat by
Waterways Recovery Group East
Anglia, and was loaded with sheet piles. At that time the LMS owners
plate was kicking around in the bilges! The plate was saved, and is now
re-united with the boat after being on a window sill for 20 years. Sold
by BW from the Stratford canal in 1990; converted to a 60ft motorboat by
Five Towns Boatbuilding. Lengthened to 70ft in 1996. Engine Lister HB3.
At Middlewich rally in June 2k. BCN Photos |
| Manchuria |
1442 |
No 51, open iron day boat, BCN gauging No 1442, 14/11/1928. Length
70ft 2". Replaced an earlier boat of the same name. Towed with MECCA
from Marple to Lapworth mid 1970's. Used as a mud hopper on the Peak
Forest restoration. Offered for sale as an open hull by WFB Co Jan 1995.
Currently (Sept 2000) for sale as a 70ft motorboat at Warwickshire Fly
Boat Co. |
| Mallard |
21375 |
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| May |
1443 |
No 53, open iron day boat, BCN gauging No 1443, 14/11/1928. Length
70ft 0". For most of her
working life, ‘May’ worked between the canal and railway interchange
basins. Much of May’s
activity centred around factories, wharves and trans-shipment depots on
the Birmingham Canal Navigations where the open ‘station boats’ were
towed around with tugs, often also owned by LMS.
Station boats had no
cabins, unlike some ‘Joey’ boats engaged in local traffic, so they
tended to remain more local to the area.
Twenty years later, in
1948, on nationalisation of the railways, May came under B.R. (L.M.R.)
ownership and then, in 1954, she transferred to British Transport
Commission (British Transport Waterways) when they took responsibility
for the inland waterways and the waterways ports.
In 1963 she was transferred to British Waterways and operated as a
maintenance boat based at Norbury Junction, Staffs until 1982.
May was placed in the
boat weighbridge in 1989. She
rests directly on a cradle and has a ‘cargo’ of three empty rusting
45 gallon drums and a few scaffold poles.
Was or still is in the weighing machine at Stoke Bruerne. |
| Molly |
20744 |
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| Naples |
1556 |
No 56, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1556, 19/1/1930. Length 70ft
0". Now the KIDSGROVE, was at Caggy's basin, Tipton in May '99.
Sold recently. Also known as BRENDA. |
| Octan (Ocean) |
1450 |
No 57, open iron day boat, BCN gauging No 1450, 5/12/1928. Length 70ft
0". Extant 1999, 60ft converted boat, at Springwell on the GU. |
| Peru |
1449 |
No 58, open iron day boat, BCN gauging No 1449, 5/12/1928. Length 70ft
2". |
| No. 59 |
1213 |
open wooden day boat, BCN gauging No 1213, 18/10/1926. known as No.59 |
| Pleiades |
884 |
No 597, Cabined wooden horseboat, BCN gauging No 884, 18/7/1924. |
| Caleb |
1541 |
No 61, cabined iron boat, Registered at Wolverhampton No. 1134, BCN
gauging No 1541, 17/12/1929. Length 70ft 3".Became Willow Wren
HERON. For sale May 1981. Currently a houseboat in Oxford. |
| Pansy |
15055 |
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| Refuge |
670 |
No 715, cabined wooden day boat, BCN gauging No 670, 4/6/1923.possibly
named REFUGEE |
| Rat |
1460 |
No 65, open iron day boat, BCN gauging No 1460, 4/1/1929. Length 70ft
2". Extant 1999 as 50ft motorboat. |
| Raeburn |
21594 |
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| Ethelred |
1105 |
No 67, cabined wooden horseboat, BCN gauging No 1105, 9/10/1925. |
| Gilbert |
1544 |
No 68, cabined iron boat, Registered at Wolverhampton No 1135, BCN
gauging No 1544, length 70ft 2". Extant 2000. |
| Rill |
1461 |
No 69, open iron day boat, BCN gauging No 1461, 4/1/1929. Length 70ft
0". Extant 1999. In July 1979 the RILL was found in undergrowth at
Pike Bridge, Eastington on the Stroudwater Navigation. Owned by
enthusiast in the Banbury area. Other Photos
BCN Photos |
| Roman |
888 |
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| Ree |
13797 |
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| Rival |
1465 |
No 72, open iron day boat, BCN gauging No 1465, 4/2/1929. Length 70ft
0". Replaced an earlier boat of the same name. The information on
this boat remains uncertain, but this is what we have. Re-named the
IRLAM, and was at Middlewich around 1978 in kit form. The fore-end could
be seen stacked high above the buildings opposite Willow Wren Kearns. It
was rebuilt as a 60ft motor on the offside between the locks at
Middlewich, re-named PARAGON, as the owner came from Hull. I personally
can remember the boat being launched in 1979. See WW Feb 1996 for more
information. PARAGON is currently moored outside the pump house at
Sutton stop. An advert in WW Nov 1989 lists RIVAL currently in two
halves for sale, (this boat we are assured is the RIVAL, so the above
may not be the RIVAL after all.). The two halves came about by BW
requiring a working platform for bridge work, so 2 x 35 ft boats were
made from one. BW sold the boat halves to Pochin's, (contractors) who
used them for some time, and then craned them out into their yard at
Middlewich. They then moved on to the Colliery Narrowboat Co, and later
still to Mr R Lorenz of Manchester where the halves were advertised in
WW. They were purchased by enthusiasts and moved to David Jones's yard
at Chester, where the fore-end still remains. The stern has since moved
on. |
| Saxon |
1557 |
No 73, open iron boat, BCN gauging 1557. Length 70ft 0". Extant
2000, now the JESMOND as a 70ft motor boat,( Lister SR2, wooden cabin in
1983). |
| Olive |
1609 |
No 74, cabined iron boat, Registered at Wolverhampton No 1138, BCN
gauging No 1609, 12/6/1930. Length 70ft 4". Extant Other Photos |
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| Norah |
1691 |
No 76, cabined iron boat, Registered at W'Ton No 1139, BCN gauging No
1691, 2/9/1931. Length 70ft0". Still in BW maintenance fleet, based
Bradley as a mud hopper. |
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| Syphon |
870 |
No 78, cabined wooden horseboat, BCN gauging No 870, 20/6/1924. |
| Smiler |
911 |
No 79, cabined wooden horseboat, BCN gauging No 911, 8/9/1924.
possibly named SMILE |
| Symbol |
771 |
No 698, cabined wooden horseboat, BCN gauging No 771, 3/12/1923.
Undergoing restoration. |
| Horace |
1562 |
No 81, cabined iron boat, Reg'd at W'ton No 1136, BCN gauging No 1562,
length 70ft 2". |
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| Sincerety |
21956 |
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| Sir. A. Murray |
22477 |
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| Sir H. Smith-Dorrien |
773 |
No 750, open day boat, BCN gauging No 773, 7/12/1923. |
| Speck |
1466 |
No 86, open iron day boat, BCN gauging No 1466, 4/2/1929. Length 70ft
3". Offered for sale Dec 81. Back cabin new 1979, with 3ft
extension. Was
paired with HYPERION late 1970's, and based at Middlewich. |
| Sun |
13989 |
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| Surley |
21868 |
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| Serf |
14170 |
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| Sardine |
1697 |
No 90, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1697, 21/9/1931. Length 69ft
8". |
| Ted |
1483 |
No 91, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1483, 30/4/1929. Length 70ft
0". |
| Tom |
1493 |
No 92, open iron boat, BCN gauging No 1493, 4/8/1929. Length 70ft
0". |
| Torpedo |
22342 |
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| Vulcan |
15415 |
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| Weldon |
19976 |
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| Wren |
13982 |
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| X |
15772 |
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| Zeppelin |
22347 |
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| Z |
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| Hogarth |
1106 |
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| Saturn |
1103 |
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L.M.S.
owned Yarwoods built STATION BOATS.
YEAR / NAME / FLEET NUMBER / BCN GAUGE. NO.
1928 F.J.HANKINSON 11 1425
1928 CRETE 16 1430
1928 HOUND 35 1432
1928 HARE 36 1431
1928 MULL 48 1434
1928 MECCA 50 1435
1928 MANCHURIA 51 1442
1928 MAY 53 1443
1928 OCEAN 57 1450
1928 PERU 58 1449
1928 RAT 65 1460
1928 RILL 69 1461
1929 RIVAL 72 1465
1929 SPECK 86 1466
1929 TED 91 1483
1929 TOM 92 1493
1929 AJAX 9 1501
1929 BECK 17 1515
1929 TEBAY 37 1525
1929 FINCH 44 1529
1929 LISBON 49 1550
1930 NAPLES 56 1556
1930 SAXON 73 1557
1930 VENICE 7 1558
1930 SEVILLE 18 1597
1930 DELHI 41 1606
1929 CALEB 61 1541
1929 GILBERT 68 1544
1930 HORACE 81 1562
1930 DORA 43 1567
1930 OLIVE 74 1609
1930 NORAH 76 1691
1930 BRIDE 12 1827
1930 CYCLOPS 20 1989
1930 CZAR 21 1742
1930 GAINSBOROUGH No details available. No details available.
1930 SARDINE 90 1697
1930 No details available. No details available No details available
1937 CLYDE 1 1996
1937 DART 14 1998
1938 RHINE 22 2002
1938 ROLLO 4 2046
1938 ROSS 5 2050
1938 RAYE 23 2055
NAME CHANGES.
The 12 boats converted at Stone for the BW North west division
carrying fleet to make up for a lack of butties were re-named as follows;
ROLLO - ALSAGER; ROSS- BIRDSWOOD; RAYE - CREWE; RHINE -
DITTON; DART? - EXETER; CLYDE - FORD; SEVILLE - GRANTHAM; ? - HEREFORD; RIVAL -
IRLAM; SAXON - JESMOND; NAPLES - KIDSGROVE; VENICE - LINCOLN.
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