Fleet lists
Potter & Son
Famous Fleets feature article Issue 25 - Spring 2012
| Name | Fleet no | Joined fleet | Registration number | Reg. date | Builder/source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada | Runcorn 405 | 1879-02-25 | Ex Potter, Garnett & Ellison, Runcorn; to Salt Union 2/90 (Iceland) | |||
| Annie | Runcorn 406 | 1879-02-25 | Ex Potter, Garnett & Ellison, Runcorn; to Salt Union 2/90 (Greenland) | |||
| George | Runcorn 634 | 1879-05-05 | Ex Potter & Garnett, Runcorn | |||
| Mary | Runcorn 635 | 1879-05-05 | Ex Potter & Garnett, Runcorn | |||
| Mary Ann | Stoke-on-Trent 469 | 1918-05-10 | Ex George Bunn, Tunstall | |||
| May Queen | Stoke-on-Trent 269 | 1909-10-00 | Ex John Bailey, Harding’s Wood (Ellen) 10/08; cut up 1913 | |||
| Sapphire | Stoke-on-Trent 605 | 1900-05-24 | ||||
| Saxon | Stoke-on-Trent 601 | 1900-03-22 | ||||
| Sea Foam | Stoke-on-Trent 665 | 1903-03-31 | ||||
| Seagull | Stoke-on-Trent 774 | 1913-05-29 | To Anderton Company for scrapping 1/49 | |||
| Seaspray | Daventry 343 | 1922-03-07 | New, William Nurser & Sons | |||
| Shamrock | Stoke-on-Trent 768 | 1913-01-30 | ||||
| Shannon | Runcorn 994 | 1896-08-25 | Ex James Tomkinson, Stockton Brook (Nellie) 9/31 | |||
| Shannon | Stoke-on-Trent 690 | 1905-00-00 | ||||
| Shot | Runcorn 466 | 1879-02-25 | Ex Potter & Garnett, Runcorn; to Thomas & James Rayner 2/89 | |||
| Silver Jubilee (m) | Stoke-on-Trent 968 | 1948-07-01 | Ex Anderton Company (Greece) 4/48; to Peter Keay & Son 9/58 | |||
| Sirdar | Stoke-on-Trent 904 | 1929-12-30 | New by Anderton Company 9/29; to Cowburn & Cowpar 2/48 | |||
| Skylark | Stoke-on-Trent 595 | 1899-11-30 | Originally fly boat, re-registered as ordinary boat 1938 | |||
| Snowdon | Stoke-on-Trent 662 | 1903-00-00 | ||||
| Snowdrop | Runcorn 1007 | 1899-05-10 | Cut up 3/47 | |||
| Snowflake | Stoke-on-Trent 597 | 1900-00-00 | ||||
| Snowflake | Stoke-on-Trent 945 | 1937-01-27 | Ex Anderton Company 12/38; to Henry Seddon & Sons 12/55 | |||
| Somerset (m) | Stoke-on-Trent 929 | 1937-01-27 | Ex Anderton Company (Somerset) 3/48; sunk Middlewich 6/55 | |||
| Spartan | Stoke-on-Trent 897 | 1927-06-30 | ||||
| Speck | Runcorn 465 | 1879-02-25 | Ex Potter & Garnett, Runcorn; to Thomas & James Rayner 2/89 | |||
| Speedwell | Runcorn 819 | 1895-05-04 | Cut up 1951 | |||
| Speedy | Stoke-on-Trent ? | From Weaver Navigation records 1925 | ||||
| Spring | Stoke-on-Trent 456 | 1905-01-23 | Ex Samuel Fox, Longport (Herbert) | |||
| Spring | Stoke-on-Trent 775 | 1913-05-29 | Ex Anderton Company 4/29; to Henry Seddon & Sons 6/56 | |||
| Stag Hound | Stoke-on-Trent ? | |||||
| Stanley | Stoke-on-Trent 835 | 1921-00-00 | ||||
| Star | Stoke-on-Trent 710 | 1907-00-00 | ||||
| Starlight (m) | Stoke-on-Trent 934 | 1948-10-11 | Ex Anderton Company (Riga) 9/48; to Henry Seddon & Sons 6/56 | |||
| Stork | Stoke-on-Trent 561 | 1896-10-22 | To Mersey Weaver 12/48; cut up 1953 | |||
| Success | Runcorn 988 | 1896-03-23 | ||||
| Sun | Stoke-on-Trent ? | From Weaver Navigation records 1925 | ||||
| Sunbeam | Stoke-on-Trent 938 | 1937-11-30 | Fore-cabin removed 12/52; to Henry Seddon & Sons 1955 | |||
| Sunflower | Stoke-on-Trent 6 | 1953-02-04 | From Weaver Navigation records 1925 | |||
| Sunlight | Stoke-on-Trent 951 | 1939-11-30 | New by Anderton Company 10/38; to Peter Keay & Son 12/58; became day boat on BCN | |||
| Sunrise | Stoke-on-Trent 639 | 1902-05-14 | To Anderton Company for scrapping 5/49 | |||
| Sunset | Stoke-on-Trent 726 | 1908-07-30 | Cut up 2/48 | |||
| Sunshine (m) | Stoke-on-Trent 924 | 1908-07-30 | Ex Anderton Company 1948 (Portugal); to F.J. Gospill 11/58 for houseboat | |||
| Superior | Stoke-on-Trent 445 | 1892-00-00 | ||||
| Supreme | Stoke-on-Trent 770 | 1913-00-00 | ||||
| Survivor | Runcorn 469 | 1905-08-05 | Ex Swiftsure | |||
| Swallow | Stoke-on-Trent 788 | 1914-00-00 | ||||
| Swan | Stoke-on-Trent 805 | 1916-00-00 | To Dale Hall Mills Ltd, Northwich (inspection 5/31); sold and scrapped 6/53 | |||
| Swift | Stoke-on-Trent 675 | 1905-03-22 | Fore-cabin added 1907; cut up 12/47 | |||
| Swiftsure | Runcorn 469 | 1879-02-25 | Renamed Survivor | |||
| Swiftsure | Stoke-on-Trent 705 | 1907-04-25 | Fore cabin added; to Anderton Company for scrapping 5/49 |
| Name | Builder/source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet no | Joined fleet | Registration number | Reg. date |
| Notes | |||
| Ada | |||
| Runcorn 405 | 1879-02-25 | ||
|
Ex Potter, Garnett & Ellison, Runcorn; to Salt Union 2/90 (Iceland) |
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| Annie | |||
| Runcorn 406 | 1879-02-25 | ||
|
Ex Potter, Garnett & Ellison, Runcorn; to Salt Union 2/90 (Greenland) |
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| George | |||
| Runcorn 634 | 1879-05-05 | ||
|
Ex Potter & Garnett, Runcorn |
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| Mary | |||
| Runcorn 635 | 1879-05-05 | ||
|
Ex Potter & Garnett, Runcorn |
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| Mary Ann | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 469 | 1918-05-10 | ||
|
Ex George Bunn, Tunstall |
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| May Queen | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 269 | 1909-10-00 | ||
|
Ex John Bailey, Harding’s Wood (Ellen) 10/08; cut up 1913 |
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| Sapphire | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 605 | 1900-05-24 | ||
| Saxon | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 601 | 1900-03-22 | ||
| Sea Foam | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 665 | 1903-03-31 | ||
| Seagull | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 774 | 1913-05-29 | ||
|
To Anderton Company for scrapping 1/49 |
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| Seaspray | |||
| Daventry 343 | 1922-03-07 | ||
|
New, William Nurser & Sons |
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| Shamrock | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 768 | 1913-01-30 | ||
| Shannon | |||
| Runcorn 994 | 1896-08-25 | ||
|
Ex James Tomkinson, Stockton Brook (Nellie) 9/31 |
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| Shannon | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 690 | 1905-00-00 | ||
| Shot | |||
| Runcorn 466 | 1879-02-25 | ||
|
Ex Potter & Garnett, Runcorn; to Thomas & James Rayner 2/89 |
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| Silver Jubilee (m) | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 968 | 1948-07-01 | ||
|
Ex Anderton Company (Greece) 4/48; to Peter Keay & Son 9/58 |
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| Sirdar | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 904 | 1929-12-30 | ||
|
New by Anderton Company 9/29; to Cowburn & Cowpar 2/48 |
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| Skylark | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 595 | 1899-11-30 | ||
|
Originally fly boat, re-registered as ordinary boat 1938 |
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| Snowdon | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 662 | 1903-00-00 | ||
| Snowdrop | |||
| Runcorn 1007 | 1899-05-10 | ||
|
Cut up 3/47 |
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| Snowflake | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 597 | 1900-00-00 | ||
| Snowflake | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 945 | 1937-01-27 | ||
|
Ex Anderton Company 12/38; to Henry Seddon & Sons 12/55 |
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| Somerset (m) | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 929 | 1937-01-27 | ||
|
Ex Anderton Company (Somerset) 3/48; sunk Middlewich 6/55 |
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| Spartan | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 897 | 1927-06-30 | ||
| Speck | |||
| Runcorn 465 | 1879-02-25 | ||
|
Ex Potter & Garnett, Runcorn; to Thomas & James Rayner 2/89 |
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| Speedwell | |||
| Runcorn 819 | 1895-05-04 | ||
|
Cut up 1951 |
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| Speedy | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent ? | |||
|
From Weaver Navigation records 1925 |
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| Spring | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 456 | 1905-01-23 | ||
|
Ex Samuel Fox, Longport (Herbert) |
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| Spring | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 775 | 1913-05-29 | ||
|
Ex Anderton Company 4/29; to Henry Seddon & Sons 6/56 |
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| Stag Hound | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent ? | |||
| Stanley | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 835 | 1921-00-00 | ||
| Star | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 710 | 1907-00-00 | ||
| Starlight (m) | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 934 | 1948-10-11 | ||
|
Ex Anderton Company (Riga) 9/48; to Henry Seddon & Sons 6/56 |
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| Stork | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 561 | 1896-10-22 | ||
|
To Mersey Weaver 12/48; cut up 1953 |
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| Success | |||
| Runcorn 988 | 1896-03-23 | ||
| Sun | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent ? | |||
|
From Weaver Navigation records 1925 |
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| Sunbeam | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 938 | 1937-11-30 | ||
|
Fore-cabin removed 12/52; to Henry Seddon & Sons 1955 |
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| Sunflower | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 6 | 1953-02-04 | ||
|
From Weaver Navigation records 1925 |
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| Sunlight | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 951 | 1939-11-30 | ||
|
New by Anderton Company 10/38; to Peter Keay & Son 12/58; became day boat on BCN |
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| Sunrise | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 639 | 1902-05-14 | ||
|
To Anderton Company for scrapping 5/49 |
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| Sunset | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 726 | 1908-07-30 | ||
|
Cut up 2/48 |
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| Sunshine (m) | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 924 | 1908-07-30 | ||
|
Ex Anderton Company 1948 (Portugal); to F.J. Gospill 11/58 for houseboat |
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| Superior | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 445 | 1892-00-00 | ||
| Supreme | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 770 | 1913-00-00 | ||
| Survivor | |||
| Runcorn 469 | 1905-08-05 | ||
|
Ex Swiftsure |
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| Swallow | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 788 | 1914-00-00 | ||
| Swan | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 805 | 1916-00-00 | ||
|
To Dale Hall Mills Ltd, Northwich (inspection 5/31); sold and scrapped 6/53 |
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| Swift | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 675 | 1905-03-22 | ||
|
Fore-cabin added 1907; cut up 12/47 |
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| Swiftsure | |||
| Runcorn 469 | 1879-02-25 | ||
|
Renamed Survivor |
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| Swiftsure | |||
| Stoke-on-Trent 705 | 1907-04-25 | ||
|
Fore cabin added; to Anderton Company for scrapping 5/49 |
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Notes
This
fleet list is based on the canal boat records for Runcorn and Stoke-on-Trent.
Whilst the former is complete from No 1 (Lizzie) on 6th December 1878 to the end,
the Stoke register is far from complete, with the first 250 entries up to 1879
missing and many gaps thereafter, some of which have been filled from
inspection records, surviving records of Potter & Son dating back to 1924,
and other records.
At
Runcorn the first registration for Potter & Son is 469 Swiftsure on 25th
February 1879 and the last, 1007 Snowdrop, on 10th
May 1899, indicating that the practice of naming boats with names beginning
with ‘S’ had been clearly established. Thereafter all registrations seem to
have been confined to Stoke.
Four
boats – Bertha, Frances,
Hungerford and Marjorie
– are included under the Potter & Son entry in the Weaver Navigation
records of December 1925, but may have been belonged to other carriers.
The
1875–81 Transhipment Journal for Anderton Boat Lift contains the names of 185
narrowboats used by Potter & Son over the lift during that period, and
includes the names of the following Potter boats that appear in subsequent
registrations: 12th August 1875, Swiftsure; 18th
October 1876, Swan;
14th June 1877, Speedwell; 25th August 1877, Shannon; 17th September 1877, Success; 30th May 1881, Spring.
The
Journal also contains the names of boats used by William Ellison, and includes
names of the following Ellison boats that appear in registrations under a
combination of names of Garnett, Jonathan Potter and Francis Amelia Ellison
during the period September to December 1875: Shot, Speck, George, Mary.
The
registration of canal boats did not start until right at the end of 1878 or
early 1879.
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