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Ferret

1926                Iron composite motor boat

1/1/1949          Purchased by BTC (D&IWE), NW Division fleet

1/10/1953        Passed to BTC (BTW)

3/10/1958        Re-Registered at Northwich No 72

late 1950s?      Sold to Waterside Canal Services, Moore, Cheshire and converted into a floating hotel, Lister JP2 engine fitted

1964                Sold to private ownership, full length pleasure boat conversion fitted, and replacement Bolinder BM type engine fitted

9/1982             Sold to Nottingham Canal Museum and restored to original condition as cargo carrying boat by M E Braine (Boatbuilders), Norton Canes

2004                Transferred to Ellesmere Port Boat Museum

2020                Currently in dismantled state, undergoing stalled restoration

For photo details, click i top left each photo