COUNTESS is a narrow boat, built by Fellows, Morton & Clayton Ltd. at Saltey in 1897.Her British Waterways number was 072897 and she was originally registered at Birmingham as number 897 on 1 October 1897. Her hull has iron sides, riveted to iron knees and she now has a steel bottom, although this was previously timber. Her bow is pointed and she has a counter stern. Her current engine is a Lister JP3 diesel, with three cylinders and thirty-five brake horsepower, made in approximately 1950.
She was commissioned by the canal carriers Fellows, Morton & Clayton Ltd. to be part of their fleet of steam powered narrow boats. It is believed that she was fitted with a steam engine by Haines Ltd. of Fazely St, Birmingham. She was contracted out for many years to John Dickinson's of Croxley as a 'paper dasher'.
In 1924, she was re-named by Fellows, Morton & Clayton Ltd. as CAPTAIN following conversion to diesel power. She now has a full length cabin rather than an open hold.

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Spotted this week tied at near Brewood on the Shropshire Union canal.

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