Bristol Channel
- NAME:
- FCB 56
- CERTIFICATE No.
- 436
- Website Address:
- www.thewaterwaystrust.co.uk
| Status: | Registered |
|---|---|
| Date recorded: | 06/06/1996 |
Built in 1944 and salvaged from a collection of abandoned lighters and wooden trows in the Severn Estuary, this vessel of concrete construction was taken to the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester.
None notified, please let us know if you have any additional information.
- 1944 - Function: Cargo Vessel
- The National Waterways Museum - McDougall, Marilyn - 1990
- Function:
- Service Vessel
- Type:
- Concrete lighter
- Builder:
- Unknown
- Build date:
- 1939
- Length overall:
- 89.84 feet (27.40 metres)
- Tonnage
- (unknown)
- Depth:
- 8.10 feet (2.47 metres)
- Beam
- Beam: 19.57 feet (5.97 metres)
- Propulsion:
- Towed
- Engine:
- None
- Engine builder:
- None
- Boiler:
- None
- Boiler maker:
- None
- Current use:
- Museum: floating
- Present location:
- Gloucester
- Available for hire:
- No
- Available for excursions:
- No