30/7/1949       Purchased by BTC (D&IWE), NW Division fleet

1/10/1953       Passed to BTC (BTW)

3/10/1958       Re-Registered at Northwich No 96

1/1/1963         Passed to BWB

c1963              Transferred to maintenance fleet. The boat lay at Northwich yard until 1979, at which time it was moved to the wide below Nantwich. 

8/1980            Sold to private ownership, and restored to original specification (although with longer engine room 12’ as opposed to the usual 9’ for the Fish class), with basic under-cloth accommodation.  A 15hp Bolinder engine was fitted. 

Rudd at Birmingham (pic R Prettyman)
Rudd at Birmingham (pic R Prettyman)
Rudd at Birmingham (pic R Prettyman)
Rudd at Alvecote, August 2013 (pic R Prettyman)
Rudd at Ellesmere Port lower basin, 2015 (pic R Booth)
Rudd at Ellesmere Port, 2015 (pic D Williams)
Rudd at Ellesmere Port 2022 (pic R Prettyman)
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