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Nautilus

30/7/1949       Purchased by BTC (D&IWE), SE Division fleet, fleet no 228

1/10/1953       Passed to BTC (BTW)

1/1/1963         Passed to BWB

c1964              Sold to private ownership apparently as a burnt out wreck, restored and steam engine installed

1973                Lister JP3 engine fitted by Union Canal Carriers, Braunston, and engaged in retail coal trade with Ashby Canal Transport

1976                Used as trip boat on River Kennet operated by Kennet & Avon Canal Trust

1978                Full length cabin conversion fitted at Charity Dock

1980-1999       Sold to Warwickshire Fly Boat Co, Stockton, and operated as crewed holiday charter boat by with butty SIBERIA

1999                Sold to private ownership