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Rat

1/1/1948          Passed to British Railways (London Midland Region)

1/4/1954          Sold to BTC (BTW), allocated to maintenance fleet

1/1/1963          Passed to BWB

21/2/1974        Sold to Alan Picken, Dunhampstead (trading as Severn & Canal Carrying Co Ltd) & chopped in two

 

Bow section    Converted to 43’6” tug named John Bull

?                      Renamed Viper

?                      Renamed Sir Walter

2012                Lengthened to 60ft motor pleasure boat (with the discarded 1974 stern being joined to the stern of ex-LMS Manchuria), and renamed Rat

 

Stern section   Joined to the stern section of Ocean to form double-ended trip boat, for use on the Coombe Hill Canal, named Sabrina - now named Baltic