Aster

1932                Wooden motor boat

1/1/1949          Purchased by BTC (D&IWE), SE Division fleet, Fleet No 188

1951                Sold to Salvation Army as motor to converted butty SALVO (ex-FMC CORNWALL), and fitted with full length cabin, as mission boats.

1964                Sold to private ownership

                        For some years in the 1970s, the cabin conversion was removed and the boat reverted to cargo carrying condition, but the cabin was subsequently reinstated.

1995-1996      Considerable rebuilding work on the hull carried out at Bristol Docks

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