1947??             Steel composite motor boat

1/1/1949          Purchased by BTC (D&IWE), SE Division fleet, Fleet No 209

1/10/1953        Passed to BTC (BTW)

4/1961             Transferred to maintenance fleet

                        Subsequent history is rather sketchy:

late 1970s         Moored on Ashton Canal, unconverted but with short extension cabin

by 1990            Moored at Ellesmere Port Museum, where it eventually sank and was then left derelict on the bank for several years (not part of museum collection)

8/2000             Sold, repaired and full length pleasure boat conversion fitted

Fern, 2015 (pic R Booth)
Fern, 2015 (pic R Booth)
Fern 2000 (pic C Deuchar)
Fern 2002 (pic C Deuchar)
Fern at Hertford yacht basin
Fern at Harlow Rally
Fern