Ray T Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 Found this on Facebook. https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/misc-sites/31714-mv-chica-shipwreck-river-weaver-northwich-february-2014-a.html#.WhRq3Epl_IU http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/showthread.php?t=27367 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddyboater Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 Interesting old boats pop up on "derelict places" sometimes where you wouldn't expect them to. I was looking through the photos of an abandoned RAF base somewhere in Norfolk and amongst the knackered buildings/overgrown runways was a shortened wooden narrowboat! Trouble is it was late at night and I can't remember exactly where it was.. Definitely Norfolk. Or Lincolnshire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billh Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 A now deceased friend tried to buy/salvage the Chica shortly after it sank. He contacted the owner, who was not particularly wanting to sell and had high hopes of re-floating her himself. Friend then spoke to people at British Waterways who weren't at all interested in getting the wreck shifted, she is therefore still in situ as an interesting object or an eyesore depending on your view of such things. Chica is visible from the T & M canal, she used to have a tall mast that has either been removed or has fallen off. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 3 hours ago, noddyboater said: Interesting old boats pop up on "derelict places" sometimes where you wouldn't expect them to. I was looking through the photos of an abandoned RAF base somewhere in Norfolk and amongst the knackered buildings/overgrown runways was a shortened wooden narrowboat! Trouble is it was late at night and I can't remember exactly where it was.. Definitely Norfolk. Or Lincolnshire. How about RAF Sculthorpe and these boats? Photos taken by me April 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dor Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 Googling for "MV Chica" will bring up lots of information about its rather chequered past. It's an interesting story well worth following! Here's one to start: http://www.rwns.co.uk/heritage---mv-chica/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddyboater Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 10 hours ago, Richard T said: How about RAF Sculthorpe and these boats? Photos taken by me April 2016 That's the one. I think the thread I was looking at was from 2014 but it looks about the same condition. Is it a cut down butty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 Looks like a Walton to me, built as a pleasure boat. Second one is an old ships lifeboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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