The following is all the information I have
on the boats of the Fish class.
Please let me know if you have any updates/corrections etc.
Where a link appears on the boat name, there is a page with
extra information and/or additonal photos. These pictures are not
all thumbnailed and some pages may be large and slow to load.
| Name |
Construction |
Yard no. |
Launch date |
Left builders boatyard |
Commision date |
FMC No |
Reg. no. |
Notes |
| CS/Y |
422 |
29/11/02 |
02/33 |
310 |
Bm 1545 |
Shortened to 55'. Rebuilt to 70' by Keith Ball with full length cabin. Lister HA2. Rear section still exists with BCN day boat front end, based southern GU. Armstrong AS2 fitted. |
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| W/U |
08/33 |
311 |
Ux 582 |
Broken up 2000 at Runcorn. |
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| W/U |
03/34 |
312 |
Ux 583 |
Abandoned by BWB in the late 60's. Raised Steve Wakefield. Sold to youngsters with whom it sank at Croxley Mill. Raised by Graham Holland and used for some years. Sold to Brentford Bridge Boatyard, who abandoned her below the tide lock. |
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| S/Y |
449 |
20/01/34 |
29/01/34 |
03/34 |
313 |
Bm 1547 |
No confirmed details. reportedly shortened and used for maintenance but not confirmed. |
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| S/Y |
05/34 |
314 |
Bm 1552 |
Converted to butty in 1950s. Now renamed Leopard. Location unknown. |
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| S/Y |
451 |
09/04/34 |
09/04/34 |
06/34 |
315 |
Bm 1553 |
Unconverted in FMC livery. Used on promotional photos for the 2002 IWE. |
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| I/Y/F |
458 |
23/06/34 |
25/06/34 |
08/34 |
316 |
Bm 1555 |
Unconverted. Was at
Ellesmere Port for a long time, now based at Stretton on the North Oxford |
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| I/Y/F |
459 |
14/07/34 |
19/07/34 |
10/34 |
317 |
Bm 1556 |
Unconverted. Still on maintenance duties with BW. Based Staffs & Worcs. |
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| I/Y/F |
460 |
17/09/34 |
04/10/34 |
12/34 |
318 |
Bm 1557 |
Unconverted in FMC livery with extended cabin and replacement 9hp Bolinder engine. |
|
| I/Y/F |
461 |
20/09/34 |
04/10/34 |
12/34 |
319 |
Bm 1558 |
Thought to have been broken up 1970s |
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| I/Y/F |
462 |
22/11/34 |
03/12/34 |
03/35 |
320 |
Bm 1560 |
Boat is now in two halves, in Notts., be rebuilt, with a Lister JP3 to be installed; expected completion date 2004. |
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| I/Y/F |
463 |
31/12/34 |
05/01/35 |
04/35 |
321 |
Bm 1561 |
An ongoing restoration project in Bristol Docks. New rivetted counter, and Iroko bottom; fore-cabin being worked on. |
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| I/Y |
484 |
11/10/35 |
12/35 |
322 |
Bm 1581 |
Still used to deliver fuel in the midlands. Is in owners livery. |
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| I/Y |
485 |
22/11/35 |
02/36 |
323 |
Bm 1582 |
Unconverted in BW livery. Extended engine room with replacement 15hp Bolinder engine. |
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| I/Y |
486 |
11/11/35 |
25/11/35 |
03/36 |
324 |
Bm 1583 |
Unconverted in BW livery. Engine Lister HA2. Part of the Boat Museum collection, based at Ellesmere Port. |
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| I/Y |
487 |
30/03/36 |
06/36 |
325 |
Bm 1596 |
Thought to now be the rear section of Russia, based Bull's Bridge. |
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| I/Y |
488 |
18/06/36 |
02/07/36 |
09/36 |
326 |
Bm 1600 |
Rebuilt at Horseley Fields dock; owned by Midland Canal Transport and based at Dimmingsdale S&W. |
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| I/Y |
489 |
07/07/36 |
24/07/36 |
09/36 |
327 |
Bm 1599 |
Based Shardlow, Derbyshire. Visited Llangollen in summer 2002. One photo of the boat in HNBOC magazine. |
Key for construction notes:
| F | forecabin fitted |
| I | Iron composite |
| CS | Coppered Steel construction |
| W | Wooden construction |
| S | Steel Construction |
| U | Built FMC Uxbridge |
| Y | Built Yarwoods, Northwich |
Information from boat owners or one
or more of the following sources:
Alan Faulkner's book FMC
Published 1975, Robert Wilson
(not now in print)
Roger Fuller's historic boats site
www.canalnarrowboats.com
...updated and mirrored at
www.ammodels.4t.com
The Historic Narrowboat Owners Club
www.hnboc.org