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2 hours ago, Boots'n'all said:

Any idea how I can find the year of my narrow boat. Got reg number name etc but struggling to find the year of it. Thanks in advance 

Is the builder (if you know who) still in business? a call to them if so may help. does it still retain it's original name?

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2 hours ago, Boots'n'all said:

Any idea how I can find the year of my narrow boat. Got reg number name etc but struggling to find the year of it. Thanks in advance 

British Waterways index numbers were introduced in 1980. The list detailed below give the numbers from 1980 until 2000, if your number is after 504425 it will not help.

60011 to 70561 1980/1*

77500 to 77599 1980/1*

77700 to 79999 1980/1*

76000 to 77499 1982

77600 to 77699 1982

73000 to 73099 1983

75000 to 75399 1983

70562 to 71580 1984

71581 to 72567 1985

72568 to 72599 1986

73100 to 73800 1986

72600 to 72999 1987

73801 to 74856 1987

45501 to 45505 1988

74857 to 74999 1988

75400 to 75999 1988

45506 to 47299 1989

47300 to 49586 1990

49587 to 51320 1991

51321 to 52606 1992

52607 to 53554 1993

53555 to 54394 1994

54395 to 55000 1995

500010 to 500398 1995

500399 to 501364 1996

501365 to 502357 1997

502358 to 503369 1998

503370 to 504424 1999

504425 to 2000

* = System first launched for 1980/1 so boats listed as this will include craft built before this date

 
 

 

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1 hour ago, David Schweizer said:

British Waterways index numbers were introduced in 1980. The list detailed below give the numbers from 1980 until 2000, if your number is after 504425 it will not help.

60011 to 70561 1980/1*

77500 to 77599 1980/1*

77700 to 79999 1980/1*

76000 to 77499 1982

77600 to 77699 1982

73000 to 73099 1983

75000 to 75399 1983

70562 to 71580 1984

71581 to 72567 1985

72568 to 72599 1986

73100 to 73800 1986

72600 to 72999 1987

73801 to 74856 1987

45501 to 45505 1988

74857 to 74999 1988

75400 to 75999 1988

45506 to 47299 1989

47300 to 49586 1990

49587 to 51320 1991

51321 to 52606 1992

52607 to 53554 1993

53555 to 54394 1994

54395 to 55000 1995

500010 to 500398 1995

500399 to 501364 1996

501365 to 502357 1997

502358 to 503369 1998

503370 to 504424 1999

504425 to 2000

* = System first launched for 1980/1 so boats listed as this will include craft built before this date

 
 

 

I'm assuming that there is some variation in the possible dates, as my last boat was a 1992 build and its number was 478 _ _ . 

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1 hour ago, AMModels said:

I think all that means is your boat was first registered in the system in 1980/81, it could have been built earlier than that.

This is true. I registered a boat in 1995 on bw waters and moored it at Gloucester docks. The boat however had been registered on non bw waters for many years having been built in 1939.

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13 minutes ago, pete harrison said:

69313 = HEDGEHOG, named as SAGITTA when British Waterways Board first issued their Index Numbers :captain:

Hi Pete how did you find this mate. It's a springer so can't contact them 

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51 minutes ago, Billy Boy said:

My boat was built 1970 reg no starts 612. I also have a lloyds small ship reg number from when it was built. I got a lot of info from lloyds. Like me the boats a one and an oddball.

Would this be 61239, formally named WHITE DRAGON :captain:

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2 hours ago, BWM said:

I'm assuming that there is some variation in the possible dates, as my last boat was a 1992 build and its number was 478 _ _ . 

I would suggest that the B.W.B. Index Number for your last boat was issued in 1990 whilst it was being built so prior to its completion date of 1992 :captain:

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