5/3/1936 Registered in Birmingham as a flyboat
1/1/1949 Purchased by BTC (D&IWE), NW Division fleet
1/10/1953 Passed to BTC (BTW)
3/10/1958 Re-Registered at Northwich No 42
1/1/1963 Passed to BWB
Transferred to maintenance fleet by 1965
1/5/1984 Sold to private ownership
1986 Shortened to 60ft (for Leeds & Liverpool Canal) at Braunston
1986-91 Full length cabin conversion added and fitted out by Chris Lloyd
(Please note - the FMC boat France was renamed Adder by Thomas Clayton (Oldbury) Ltd in 1952 and was converted to an oil boat. It is not the same as FMC Adder.)
