Tench

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

1/10/1953       Passed to BTC (BTW)

1955               Armstrong Siddeley AS2, 20hp engine fitted, enabling Tench to work with a butty, and engine room extended

3/10/1958       Re-Registered at Northwich No 101

1/1/1963         Passed to BWB

1964-1967      Hired to Willow Wren Canal Transport Services (NW Division)

1968-1972      Hired to Anderton Canal Carrying Co Ltd, Northwich

20/5/1976       Sold to private owner trading as GM Engineering Co in a derelict state and restored to cargo carrying condition at Horseley Fields dock

1978-1987      Traded as part of the Midland Canal Transport partnership. In 1982, travelled from Middlewich to Northampton via the Shropshire Union with Seaford and Lynx, carrying a one-off cargo of road salt, which attracted significant publicity at the time but did not lead to any regular work.

Was owned by the then Chairman of the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Restoration Trust and featured in much of their publicity material. Often seen supporting the Trust at events on the Shropshire Union, Llangollen and Montgomery Canals

2011                Lister HA2 engine fitted

Still (2021) maintained in cargo carrying condition, in private ownership