FAIRWAY
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date1938
Object NameGRAB DREDGER
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 65 1/6' x breadth 21 7/12' x depth 7 3/6'
Object numberABDSHIP002450
Keywords
Yard Number: 748
Subsequent Name: LOCH NESS (2006)
Fate: still extant (2022)
Propulsion: None
Description: Grab dredger barge
Owners:
1938: Ministry of Transport/British Waterways
2006: Nicola Gear and Adrian Farrow
General History:
Built to service the Caledonian Canal. Based at Inverness.
15/12/1938: launched at 8am.
24/12/1938: left for Inverness.
03/1996: taken out of service and plant removed
09/2006: deck added, became a restaurant, renamed LOCH NESS
06/2010: owners Nicola Gear and Adrian Farrow living aboard and converting it into an events venue and artists studio ( http://lochnessbarge.wordpress.com/about/ )
12/2012: operational and now fitted self-propelled.
1908
October 1907
January 1837
1811
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