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Severn and Canal Carrying co.
Incorporated
in 1873 from the remains of various companies trading on the
River Severn and adjacent canals, originally managed by Joshua
Fellows and Joseph Danks
both quite well known carriers in their own rights. When the
system was nationalised the S&CCco took advantage of the
offer and sold out to the D&IWE in 1948.
For a full
history of the company see Narrowboat
magazine.
Name
/ Fleet No. / Built by /Date /Registration /Date / B.C.N
Gauging / date / Other information
BRISTOL |
19 |
S |
03/1900 |
GLR 359 |
02/03/1900 |
17264 |
18/06/1900 |
|
GLOUCESTER |
10 |
S |
02/01 |
GLR 364 |
15/02/1901 |
17699 |
03/05/1901 |
|
CARDIFF |
13 |
S |
09/01 |
GLR 370 |
05/09/1901 |
18096 |
05/03/1902 |
|
ASTON |
5 |
S |
07/02 |
GLR 377 |
04/07/1902 |
18349 |
29/10/1902 |
|
ANTWERP |
16 |
Z |
09/02 |
GLR 195 |
12/09/1902 |
19073 |
25/02/1904 |
|
NEPEAN |
20 |
Z |
09/02 |
GLR 263 |
13/02/1903 |
19394 |
27/08/1904 |
|
ROTTERDAM |
47 |
Z |
09/02 |
GLR 175 |
13/02/1903 |
19716 |
18/04/1905 |
|
WARRAGAMBO |
15 |
Z |
09/02 |
GLR 239 |
02/01/1903 |
19094 |
02/03/1904 |
|
AVON |
39 |
S |
12/03 |
GLR 388 |
04/12/1903 |
19156 |
23/03/1904 |
|
BROMSGROVE |
35 |
S |
04/04 |
GLR 392 |
22/04/1904 |
19325 |
02/07/1904 |
|
LINCOMBE |
64 |
S |
04/04 |
GLR 393 |
22/04/1904 |
19389 |
25/08/1904 |
|
CAMP |
65 |
S |
10/04 |
GLR 396 |
07/10/1904 |
19571 |
03/01/1905 |
|
STROUD |
4 |
S |
11/04 |
GLR 398 |
18/11/1904 |
19578 |
05/01/1905 |
|
HAWFORD |
44 |
S |
02/05 |
GLR 399 |
10/02/1905 |
19715 |
18/04/1905 |
|
FRAMPTON |
29 |
J |
02/05 |
GLR 400 |
24/02/1905 |
19798 |
30/06/1905 |
|
MENDIP |
67 |
L |
02/05 |
GLR 401 |
24/02/1905 |
19819 |
25/07/1905 |
|
COTSWOLD |
66 |
L |
02/05 |
GLR 402 |
24/02/1905 |
19792 |
29/06/1905 |
|
DROITWICH |
68 |
S |
02/06 |
GLR 412 |
23/02/1906 |
20036 |
01/05/1906 |
|
HEMPSTEAD |
37 |
S |
11/06 |
GLR 421 |
16/11/1906 |
20179 |
14/03/1907 |
|
BATH |
11 |
S |
09/07 |
GLR 429 |
20/09/1907 |
20440 |
05/12/1907 |
|
DUBLIN |
2 |
S |
02/08 |
GLR 430 |
21/02/1908 |
20537 |
14/03/1908 |
|
OLDBURY |
9 |
S |
09/08 |
GLR 434 |
18/09/1908 |
20722 |
15/10/1908 |
|
BERKELEY |
8 |
S |
12/08 |
GLR 436 |
11/12/1908 |
20818 |
09/02/1909 |
|
LENCHFORD |
47 |
S |
04/09 |
GLR 437 |
16/04/1909 |
20897 |
08/06/1909 |
|
RHYDD |
69 |
S |
11/09 |
GLR 441 |
26/11/1909 |
20999 |
09/12/1909 |
|
HAMPSTALL |
6 |
S |
03/10 |
GLR 442 |
18/03/1910 |
21067 |
24/05/1910 |
|
PURTON |
70 |
J |
03/10 |
GLR 443 |
18/03/1910 |
21059 |
10/05/1910 |
|
INDUSTRY |
60 |
Q |
05/10 |
GLR 432 |
27/05/1910 |
20749 |
02/11/1908 |
registered
by prev owner |
DUDLEY |
15 |
S |
07/10 |
GLR 445 |
08/07/1910 |
21134 |
09/08/1910 |
|
STOKE |
20 |
T |
10/10 |
GLR 448 |
14/10/1910 |
21188 |
16/11/1910 |
|
DEE |
16 |
S |
10/10 |
GLR 449 |
27/10/1910 |
21179 |
05/11/1910 |
|
COMPTON |
1 |
S |
12/10 |
GLR 450 |
06/01/1911 |
21294 |
19/05/1911 |
|
SHARPNESS |
24 |
J |
12/10 |
GLR 451 |
03/02/1911 |
21295 |
22/05/1911 |
|
HEREFORD |
23 |
S |
05/11 |
GLR 454 |
12/05/1911 |
21388 |
12/10/1911 |
|
CORK |
30 |
J |
09/11 |
GLR 458 |
29/09/1911 |
21453 |
27/02/1912 |
converted
to motor 1935 |
SWINDON |
25 |
S |
12/11 |
GLR 460 |
02/02/1912 |
21474 |
16/03/1912 |
|
SMETHWICK |
51 |
G |
02/12 |
GLR 463 |
02/02/1912 |
21454 |
27/02/1912 |
|
KEMPSEY |
58 |
S |
03/12 |
GLR 464 |
15/03/1912 |
21522 |
25/05/1912 |
|
HARDWICK |
59 |
J |
04/12 |
GLR 466 |
26/04/1912 |
21581 |
03/08/1912 |
|
STRATFORD |
57 |
G |
05/12 |
GLR 468 |
10/05/1912 |
21570 |
23/07/1912 |
|
HADZOR |
62 |
T |
05/12 |
GLR 469 |
24/05/1912 |
21579 |
30/07/1912 |
|
HOPWOOD |
32 |
T |
09/12 |
GLR 471 |
13/09/1912 |
21639 |
08/10/1912 |
|
WOLVERLEY |
71 |
S |
10/12 |
GLR 473 |
25/10/1912 |
21688 |
02/01/1913 |
|
PENKRIDGE |
73 |
G |
03/1913 |
GLR 474 |
14/03/1913 |
21881 |
25/09/1913 |
|
NEPEAN |
74 |
F |
03/1913 |
GLR 475 |
14/03/1913 |
21808 |
21/06/1913 |
replaced
earlier boat of same name |
ALDERSLEY |
72 |
S |
04/1913 |
GLR 477 |
11/04/1913 |
21871 |
11/09/1913 |
became
known as MOTOR NUMBER 8 in 1929 and remained as such until
1948. She has oak sides, an elm bottom and a pine
superstructure and is doubled planked, fastened with iron
nails. She has a pointed bow and a counter stern. Her
current engine was made by National Oil & Gas in 1934
and is model 20M, with two cylinders, rated at 18
horsepower. |
TETTENHALL |
76 |
P |
05/1913 |
GLR 479 |
08/05/1913 |
21885 |
06/10/1913 |
|
NIMROD |
77 |
F |
06/1913 |
GLR 482 |
20/06/1913 |
21879 |
23/09/1913 |
|
WULFRUNA |
75 |
P |
06/1913 |
GLR 483 |
20/06/1913 |
22014 |
25/02/1914 |
|
WIGHTWICK |
56 |
S |
12/1913 |
GLR 486 |
15/12/1913 |
22068 |
21/04/1914 |
|
NERO |
61 |
F |
01/1914 |
GLR 487 |
16/01/1914 |
22168 |
29/08/1914 |
|
INDIA |
78 |
C |
07/1914 |
GLR 416 |
03/07/1914 |
20300 |
19/08/1907 |
registered
by previous owner |
AUSTRALIA |
79 |
C |
07/1914 |
GLR 418 |
09/10/1914 |
20142 |
30/01/1907 |
registered
by previous owner |
LYDNEY |
80 |
J |
06/1914 |
GLR 489 |
19/06/1914 |
22164 |
25/08/1914 |
|
BELFAST |
81 |
G |
07/1914 |
GLR 490 |
17/07/1914 |
22169 |
29/08/1914 |
|
WALSALL |
21 |
P |
07/1915 |
GLR 493 |
16/07/1915 |
22499 |
16/05/1916 |
|
HYDE |
3 |
P |
10/1915 |
GLR 494 |
08/10/1915 |
22421 |
22/12/1915 |
|
WORCESTER |
7 |
F |
07/1922 |
GLR 501 |
07/07/1922 |
370 |
12/08/1922 |
there
seems to have been a dearth of boatbuilding during WW1 |
STOURPORT |
14 |
B |
11/1922 |
GLR 502 |
17/11/1922 |
603 |
27/02/1923 |
|
DIGLIS |
18 |
F |
05/1923 |
GLR 504 |
18/05/1923 |
772 |
06/12/1923 |
|
BILSTON |
26 |
A |
09/1923 |
GLR 506 |
21/09/1923 |
787 |
01/01/1924 |
|
SALTLEY |
22 |
B |
10/1924 |
GLR 508 |
17/10/1924 |
991 |
02/01/1925 |
|
WILDEN |
28 |
S |
11/1924 |
GLR 509 |
14/11/1924 |
987 |
30/12/1924 |
|
HANBURY |
27 |
F |
12/1924 |
GLR 510 |
02/01/1925 |
983 |
23/12/1924 |
1942
(previously named HANBURY) ex S&CCCo. Frances
(possibly named after Charlies wife Fanny) was re-named
and re-registered by Charles Ballinger jnr on 29/07/1942
at Stoke Prior. Initially registered on 23/12/1924 as
HANBURY by S&CCCo in Gloucester. Frances appears
photographed in LTC Rolts Worcestershire (1947) carrying
coal for the Severn with side cloths up to go on the
river. |
FAZELEY |
31 |
B |
03/1925 |
GLR 511 |
20/03/1925 |
1048 |
05/05/1925 |
|
CANNOCK |
33 |
B |
09/1925 |
GLR 513 |
18/09/1925 |
1141 |
23/02/1926 |
|
DORIS |
|
R |
04/1927 |
GLR 406 |
16/06/1905 |
19898 |
21/11/1905 |
* |
LOUIE |
|
R |
04/1927 |
GLR 465 |
15/03/1912 |
21641 |
09/10/1912 |
* |
POLLIE |
|
R |
04/1927 |
GLR 390 |
12/02/1904 |
|
|
* |
POPPY |
|
R |
04/1927 |
GLR 488 |
27/02/1924 |
22086 |
19/05/1915 |
* |
RAYMOND |
|
R |
04/1927 |
GLR 452 |
03/02/1911 |
21265 |
28/03/1911 |
* |
SAMUEL |
|
R |
04/1927 |
GLR 462 |
05/01/1912 |
21440 |
23/01/1912 |
* |
SUSAN |
|
R |
04/1927 |
GLR 438 |
14/05/1909 |
20882 |
18/05/1909 |
* |
NO
1 (m) |
|
D |
11/1927 |
GLR 515 |
18/11/1927 |
1365 |
04/01/1928 |
|
NO
2 (m) |
|
D |
04/1928 |
STK 900 |
25/04/1928 |
1387 |
20/04/1928 |
|
BOURNVILLE |
|
X |
05/1928 |
BHM 1503 |
04/05/1928 |
953 |
28/10/1924 |
was
BOURNVILLE 15 ex Cadburys |
NO
3 (m) |
|
X |
05/1928 |
BHM 1505 |
04/05/1928 |
22340 |
03/07/1915 |
was
BOURNVILLE 1 ex Cadburys |
BLACKPOLE |
|
X |
05/1928 |
BHM 1506 |
18/05/1928 |
955 |
29/10/1924 |
was
BOURNVILLE 16 ex Cadburys |
NO
4 (m) |
|
X |
05/1928 |
BHM 1504 |
04/05/1928 |
22578 |
05/10/1916 |
was
BOURNVILLE 2 ex Cadburys |
NO
5 (m) |
|
X |
06/1929 |
BHM 1523 |
30/08/1929 |
22425 |
28/12/1915 |
was
BOURNVILLE 4 |
NO
6 (m) |
|
X |
06/1929 |
BHM 1521 |
28/06/1929 |
|
|
possibly
BOURNVILLE 11 |
NO
7 (m) |
|
E |
07/1929 |
GLR 517 |
06/07/1929 |
1516 |
07/08/1929 |
|
NO
8 (m) |
|
E |
11/1929 |
GLR 518 |
20/11/1929 |
1531 |
12/11/1929 |
built by
the Severn & Canal Carrying Company Ltd. at Stourport
in 1913. Her British Waterways number is 77328 and she was
registered at Gloucester as number 518 in 1929. In 1912,
she was re-registered as number 483, which was changed
again to number 22 at Oldbury in 1948.
She was originally
named ALDERSLEY, but became known as MOTOR NUMBER 8 in
1929 and remained as such until 1948. She has oak sides,
an elm bottom and a pine superstructure and is doubled
planked, fastened with iron nails. She has a pointed bow
and a counter stern. Her current engine was made by
National Oil & Gas in 1934 and is model 20M, with
two cylinders, rated at 18 horsepower. Sold to Thos
Clayton in 1948 to become their DOVE.
|
NO
5 (m) |
|
E |
07/1931 |
GLR 519 |
12/07/1931 |
1686 |
01/08/1931 |
replaced
ex Cadburys motor |
NO
3 (m) |
|
E |
06/1932 |
GLR 521 |
17/06/1932 |
1726 |
29/06/1932 |
as above |
NO
6 (m) |
|
E |
10/1932 |
GLR 522 |
16/12/1932 |
1771 |
18/08/1933 |
as above |
NO
4 (m) |
|
E |
11/1933 |
GLR 524 |
17/11/1933 |
2075 |
29/09/1939 |
as
above. broken up in a lock 9/90, as seen in WW. |
SWAN
(m) |
|
E |
07/1934 |
GLR 525 |
18/09/1934 |
1943 |
12/02/1937 |
|
ASH
(m) |
|
H |
08/1934 |
GLR 526 |
18/09/1934 |
1822 |
17/09/1934 |
Unconverted
and completely uncabined except for the rear bulkhead, was
rebottomed at Norton Canes a few years ago. Photo |
OAK
(m) |
|
H |
08/1934 |
GLR 527 |
18/09/1934 |
1829 |
15/10/1934 |
Oak
incorporates a number of innovations.
She was one of eight boats, all named after a
species of tree, built to a design of the Severn and
Canal Carrying Company’s traffic department.
The boats had plating, knees and other
metalwork, in Noah Hingley’s Netherton-iron, known at
the time for its special non-corrosive qualities.
A loaded draft of 3 ft 9 ins. on the otherwise
normal narrow boat dimensions gave Oak a massive
carrying capacity of 33 tons, providing the company with
a very economical operating unit. The
engine is at the stern instead of being in front of the
cabin. As
this means there is no propeller shaft underneath the
cabin, the floor is lower than usual, giving more
headroom for the crew.
The unusual escape hatch in the cabin roof was
provided in case of a fire in the engine room when the
cargo hold was full.
The cowl ventilators on the cabin are believed
to derive from the builder’s familiarity with larger
ships. The
stove pipe, engine exhaust and opening port lights also
derive from seagoing vessels. More
technical, but hidden innovations were water ballast
tanks under the cabin floor to assist with empty or
light working. In
place of the ten usual upright fuel tanks, the service
tanks were situated under the engine room floor, with
the main diesel tank built into the counter stern.
Despite these innovations, she was not popular
with her crew. The
cabin in front of the engine room was difficult to get
in and out of and the engine was unsatisfactory.
Although designed to work as a ‘single motor’
unit, the 10 horsepower engine was not powerful enough
to push the loaded boats up and down the River Severn
and, often, a tug would be used to tow her.
Not only that – the steering position was
noisy, being almost on top of the engine, and the
steerer was very close to the exhaust chimney and
separated from the accommodation. The
Severn and Canal Carrying Company mainly operated
services between the Bristol Channel ports and the
Birmingham and Wolverhampton areas, via the Severn and
connecting waterways.
In the Gloucester area narrow boats were
generally called long boats and, in the boatmen’s terms,
S&CCC’s deeper than usual narrow boats such as Oak
were nicknamed ‘Severners’. Oak spent much
of her life carrying cargo between Gloucester and
Birmingham; typical loads being sugar and cocoa beans
(to Cadbury’s Bourneville factory), timber, wheat,
canned goods and metals. In 1948, just
prior to the nationalisation of the canals, Oak was sold
to the British Transport Commission for £400 and
reregistered at Gloucester in 1949. Oak
finished her working days as a maintenance boat,
initially as a crane barge on the Trent and Mersey
Canal, and finally, for the British Waterways fleet in
the Northwich area. By 1979, Oak had been
abandoned and had sunk in Hayhurst Depot, Northwich. She must have been raised and sold off as she was seen
again, in private ownership, again sunk, under the Clock
Warehouse at Shardlow in 1986.
However, by 1988, she had been restored as a
National Waterways Museum exhibit by Warwickshire Fly
Boat Co., at Stockton.
- as far as possible to the
condition when delivered from Bristol, except that the
elm bottom planks were replaced by steel plates. Work on
the engine has been hampered by the lack of any original
spare parts. photo
|
ELM
(m) |
|
H |
02/1935 |
GLR 528 |
07/02/1935 |
1945 |
12/02/1937 |
|
FIR
(m) |
|
H |
02/1935 |
GLR 529 |
07/02/1935 |
1853 |
15/05/1935 |
All
steel motorboat built by Hills in 1935. Hired by
Ballingers from Harkers in 1949 and bought by C Ballinger
jnr in 1950. renamed by Ballingers as BRIDGET Skippered by
Lionel Tonks during Ballingers ownership. Was cut down to
55ft and then re-lengthened to 64ft by Wyvern Shipping.
Sold in 1976 and located in 1996 owned by a Mr Dean and
registered as BW# 61839. Picture of FIR (p31 Faulkner)
tied up at Gloucester Docks 2nd August 1949 when on hire
to Charles Ballinger, he purchased her in the following
year. Mainly used to carry for Cadburys from Frampton to
Bourneville. Currently moored near Bath on Kennet &
Avon. |
PINE
(m) |
|
H |
02/1935 |
GLR 530 |
07/02/1935 |
1861 |
21/06/1935 |
Sold by
BWB in 1980 / 81. fs unconverted 4/89. Currently based on
the SU PINE |
BEECH
(m) |
|
H |
02/1935 |
GLR 531 |
07/02/1935 |
1872 |
28/08/1935 |
Hired by
Ballingers from Harkers in 1949 and bought by C Ballinger
jnr in 1952 renamed by Ballingers as OLIVE skippered by
Jimmy Hunt & Charlie Ballinger jnr. Picture (p45
Faulkner) of Charles Ballinger and his wife with OLIVE on
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal on 12 September 1959
carrying chocolate beans from Sharpness to Cadburys at
Bourneville. Mainly used as the 'Match' boat and for coal
runs on the river Severn for Samuel Moreland & Sons
Ltd the makers of England Glory Matches in
Gloucester. Cut to 55ft by Wyvern Shipping at the same
time as FIR. Currently moored on Kennet and Avon in
Devizes area and owned by Tes Woodward and Adrian Noakes.
Photo |
ALDER
(m) |
|
H |
02/1935 |
GLR 532 |
18/02/1935 |
1858 |
07/06/1935 |
|
WILLOW
(m) |
|
H |
02/1935 |
GLR 533 |
18/02/1935 |
1857 |
31/05/1935 |
She was
one of eight narrowboats commissioned by the Severn &
Canal Carrying Company and was the first to be made of
welded steel. She later became a British Waterways
maintenance boat Sold by BWB into private ownership in
1970s and was converted to a private residence twenty
years ago. Her original engine room and cabin are intact.
based at Langley Mill
WILLOW
|
CORK
(m) |
|
E |
08/1935 |
GLR 458 |
05/09/1935 |
21453 |
27/12/1912 |
|
Index to this page
A
|
built
at Beards yard, Hempstead Bridge
|
B
|
built
by W.H. Bowater Ltd, Brookfield Wharf, B'ham
|
C
|
ex
Chadbourn Son & Taylor, Gloucester Docks
|
D
|
built
by the Anderton Company, Middleport, Stoke on Trent
|
E
|
ex
Butty boat
|
F
|
built
by George Farrin, Stoke Prior
|
G
|
built
by Bakers, Stourport
|
H
|
built
by Charles Hill & Sons Ltd, Bristol
|
J
|
built
by Joseph Barnard, Llanthony, Gloucester
|
K
|
ex
Fellows Morton and Clayton Ltd, B'ham
|
L
|
purchased
from an owner on the GJC
|
M
|
ex
Price and Son, Brierley Hill
|
N
|
built
by Orr Watt & Co. Ltd, Motherwell
|
O
|
wooden
boat, builders not known.
|
P
|
built
by J.E.Perry & Sons, Wolverhampton
|
Q
|
ex
John W. Wheeler, Gloucester
|
R
|
ex
Jacob Rice & Son, Gloucester Docks
|
S
|
built
by the Severn & canal carrying Co. Ltd, Stourport
|
T
|
built
by Edward Tailby, West Bromwich
|
U
|
built
by Fellows Morton and Clayton Ltd, Uxbridge
|
W
|
built
by W.H.Walker, Rickmansworth. Later W.H.Walker &
Bros Ltd.)
|
X
|
ex
Cadbury Brothers Ltd, Bournville.
|
Z
|
ex
Barnes & Chadborn, Gloucester.
|
|
|
BHM
|
Birmingham
|
GLR
|
Gloucester
|
BREN
|
Brentford
|
STK
|
Stoke
on Trent
|
|
|
*
|
registered
details relate to previous owner
src for original list - SEVERN & CANAL
and CADBURYS -- Alan H Faulkner
|
|