Historic register

NEW vessels on the National Historic Ships UK register include: former BCNS icebreaker Oates (1858), GUCCC cargo boats Bainton and Berkhampstead ( both 1936), FMC narrowboat Ibex (1926) and gentlemen’s motor yacht Razorbill (1912). Built byHarland& Wolff for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Co, Bainton and Berkhampstead were nationalised into the British Transport Commission in 1948. Both now belong to the Shrewsbury & Newport Canal Trust. Ibex was used as a maintenance/heritage boat in the North West before being sold into private ownership in 2009.