Nov 1946    built by Mersey Weaver & Ship Canal Carrying Co for their own fleet.

1/2/1958     purchased by British Transport Waterways along with the remainder of the Mersey Weaver fleet.

c1960          sold as pleasure boat, converted and renamed JOSHUA SLOCUM.  Later renamed BREAM.

c1978/9       extensively rebuilt by John Wooley.

2013             restoration by A P Boatbuilding for the Narrow Boat Heritage Foundation

2016             winner of the HNBC Keay Award

2020s           based at Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent

Dane during restoration at Alvecote (pic R Prettyman)
Dane during restoration at Alvecote (pic R Prettyman)
Dane during restoration at Alvecote (pic R Prettyman)
Dane during restoration at Alvecote (pic R Prettyman)
Dane during restoration at Alvecote July 2013 (pic R Prettyman)
Dane during restoration at Alvecote July 2013 (pic R Prettyman)
Dane during restoration at Alvecote July 2013 (pic R Prettyman)
Dane at Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent, 2022 (pic: N Shuttleworth)
Dane at Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent, 2022 (pic: N Shuttleworth)
Dane at Etruria, summer 2024 (pic v Barber)