Welded all steel butty boat 71’6” x 7’0”

Built EC Jones & Son (Brentford) Ltd

12/1960 Delivered to British Transport Waterways, SE Division Carrying Fleet

1/1/1962 Transferred to British Waterways Board

Mid 1960s Used at Sutton Stop as houseboat for former boatmen

5/1971 Sold to private ownership. Converted to motor boat by Braunston Boats Ltd, and hired to Union Canal Carriers Ltd, Braunston, as camping boat

1978-80 Hired to Verlinde Hoists Ltd as exhibition boat, possibly renamed PANTHER

1984 Completely gutted by fire, sold in derelict condition; rebuilt as motor carrying boat and paired with River Class AXE

1993 Sold to private ownership and full length cabin conversion fitted

Ant (outside of Grimsby) at Norbury, April 2011 (pic R Prettyman)
Ant (with Grimsby) at Norbury, April 2011 (pic R Prettyman)
Ant 2022 (pic R Booth)
Ant 2022 (pic R Booth)
Ant at Norbury, July 2024 (pic R Prettyman)
Ant at Norbury, July 2024 (pic R Prettyman)