1934 Steel composite motor boat, converted to a butty in 1951, along with Dace.
It is now a motor again, with the original stern shape restored.
Possibly paired with Perch, but this is not confirmed.
1/1/1949 Purchased by BTC (D&IWE), NW Division fleet
c1952 Converted to butty (unpowered) by partially rebuilding the stern
1/10/1953 Passed to BTC (BTW)
3/10/1958 Re-Registered at Northwich No 65
1/1/1963 Passed to BWB
by 1965 Transferred to maintenance fleet
by 1980 sunk, abandoned
1993 To Bath Stone Co and renamed ELAINE after the wife of the owner of the company. Restored by Warwickshire Flyboat Co, Stockton, as a cargo carrying motor boat, with Armstrong Siddeley AS2 engine
1996 To private ownership and name reverted to DORY maintained as cargo carrying boat.
2021 Winner of the HNBC Hemelryk Award
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