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
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