Panther

Sister to Python.

30/7/1949       Purchased by BTC (D&IWE), SE Division fleet, fleet no 231

1/10/1953       Passed to BTC (BTW), engine by mid 1960s was a Lister HA2

1/1/1963         Passed to BWB

by 1965           Transferred to maintenance fleet

1982                Shortened at Bulls Bridge Yard to 53ft tug and work boat style cabin fitted

4/12/1993        Leased to Coventry Canal Society for 12 years

24/2/2005        Sold to Coventry Canal Society and used as a promotional boat and for canal clean-up duties on the Coventry

                       Maintained in tug form

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