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Its a submarine - took the wrong turn after coming up the Humber and ended up on the canal.

 

He thought it may save time not having to open swing / lift bridges, just dive -dive-dive. but didn't realise that the water is only 3 feet deep.

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I've found a photo (on an old CWDF thread) of the Royal Navy's miniature warships, which were built by Pinder's. They did include a sub but it's not this one.

EDIT: well, shiver me timbers! That's the photo to which I was referring. Thanks, Ray.

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4 minutes ago, Athy said:

I've found a photo (on an old CWDF thread) of the Royal Navy's miniature warships, which were built by Pinder's. They did include a sub but it's not this one.

EDIT: well, shiver me timbers! That's the photo to which I was referring. Thanks, Ray.

I have worked on the RN 'submarine' boat. It looks nothing like that now, only the nose with the little handrail give it away

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In response to Messrs Athy’s and Ray T’s posts, that was my first thought when I saw the boat. I remember sharing locks with the Navy’s boats on the way up the Trent in 1976 (I think) to the National Rally of Boats in Nottingham. The four boats cruised as fairly bog-standard narrowboats (tiller-steered) and only when in exhibition mode had bits of naval superstructure added on. The boat in my picture looks wider than 7” beam as well.

JCO.

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47 minutes ago, RLWP said:

Meanwhile - is it an adapted oil rig rescue pod?

It's very cylindrical on the main hull - I'd be fascinated to see this out of the water.

 

It looks a bit like a converted agricultural silo to me, or possibly a bulk liquids tanker body.  If they didn't ballast it very heavily it probably wallows like a pig, but it might have a serious keel on it.

 

I think I like it, but then I like all sorts of odd boats.

 

 

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22 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:

It's very cylindrical on the main hull - I'd be fascinated to see this out of the water.

 

It looks a bit like a converted agricultural silo to me, or possibly a bulk liquids tanker body.  If they didn't ballast it very heavily it probably wallows like a pig, but it might have a serious keel on it.

 

I think I like it, but then I like all sorts of odd boats.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=191&t=1632552

 

A 2016 post on pistonheads says it was made out of an old propane tank, so I was on the right track. 

 

Apparently it is seaworthy and has underwater portholes too!

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4 minutes ago, JCO said:

Good research - thanks for that.

And thank you for the pictures - I hadn't seen that one before.

2 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

No, that's a different one - @Ray T added a pic of that one in post #9.

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5 hours ago, JCO said:

Good morning all,

I came across this boat on my travels the other day. I'm interested to know more about it - there was no one around to ask when I took the pictures. Can any forum member help.

Thanks

JCO

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As you know the picture was taken in Beverley Beck. I understand it was built a few years ago, I think using an redundant boiler or tank, and fitted out in the River Hull in Beverley at the old shipyard site. It has been around the area for a number of years and may have moved into the Beck because there is a lot of work going on in the river Hull to get rid of some of the old wrecks moored between the Beck and the shipyard. It is not one of the old RN fleet of inland waterway craft and not a bit like the other sub which spent some time in Leeds Clarence Dock.

 

I should have been at the Beck today to help out at the International Barge pulling championships but sadly they have been cancelled because of strong winds and rain.

 

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This is the Barge Syntan which features in the Barge Pulling Championships, shown on her usual berth on Beverley Beck

 

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Howard,

Thanks for the detail. I have vague memories of it being seen and discussed elsewhere but it was the the first time I’d seen it in real life on a recent visit to Grovehill lock. As others have commented, I expect it’s a pig to steer but it’s an interesting piece of kit nevertheless.

It is a shame about the cancellation of the barge-pulling contest, especially as the weather seems to have improved. Are there any plans to reschedule it? (Good picture of Syntan in natural habitat by the way)

 

JCO

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8 minutes ago, JCO said:

Howard,

Thanks for the detail. I have vague memories of it being seen and discussed elsewhere but it was the the first time I’d seen it in real life on a recent visit to Grovehill lock. As others have commented, I expect it’s a pig to steer but it’s an interesting piece of kit nevertheless.

It is a shame about the cancellation of the barge-pulling contest, especially as the weather seems to have improved. Are there any plans to reschedule it? (Good picture of Syntan in natural habitat by the way)

 

JCO

 The organisers of the event - Beverley Barge Preservation Society- will be announcing something very soon but it may be too late this year to reschedule. It’s a great shame because it has grown in popularity each year. 

 

I remember a boat visiting Hull Marina in the 1990’s which was not unlike that one but shaped more to represent a bottle of Scotch. The owner, an ex SAS man, was going to take it across to

the States under power but I am not sure whether it eventually made it.

 

Howard

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23 minutes ago, howardang said:

 The organisers of the event - Beverley Barge Preservation Society- will be announcing something very soon but it may be too late this year to reschedule. It’s a great shame because it has grown in popularity each year. 

 

I remember a boat visiting Hull Marina in the 1990’s which was not unlike that one but shaped more to represent a bottle of Scotch. The owner, an ex SAS man, was going to take it across to

the States under power but I am not sure whether it eventually made it.

 

Howard

That was probably Tom McClean in his Typhoo Atlantic Challenger - built by Springer Engineering.

 

Yes he made it, but the other way - New York to Falmouth.

 

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His crazy boat is Moby: https://www.mby.com/news/whale-boat-carbon-neutral-atlantic-crossing-51826

 

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55 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:

That was probably Tom McClean in his Typhoo Atlantic Challenger - built by Springer Engineering.

 

Yes he made it, but the other way - New York to Falmouth.

 

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His crazy boat is Moby: https://www.mby.com/news/whale-boat-carbon-neutral-atlantic-crossing-51826

 

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Thats the one. It was very spartan inside but he was very bullish. I also remember seeing the whale when cruising past his house in  a remote Loch in Scotland. He seems to have a slanted idea of what makes a suitable boat!

 

Howard

 

 

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