The wrecks of Harker barges "Arkendale H" and "Wastdale H", victims of the Severn Bridge disaster of 1960. 1st February 2002. (Picture courtesy of Pete Dainty).

Barge "Maureen Eva" at Sprottborough on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation. This was the last general cargo barge in the British Waterways Hull fleet. 14th July 2006.

The Allied Mills grain barge "Chaceley" at the silo at Gloucester on 12th September 1996. "Chaceley" and sister vessel "Tirley" were purchased in the 1970s and had previously worked on the Humber.

Allied Mills grain barges "Apperley", "Deerhurst" and "Bushley" at Gloucester in 1993. All three were built by Charles Hill in Bristol in 1933-34. Only "Deerhurst" is a powered vessel.

The "Chaceley" laid up at Sharpness. 20th July 2008.

The "Tirley" laid up at Sharpness. 20th July 2008.

The former London river barge "Halo" beached by the River Wye at Chepstow. To the left of the sheds in the far background it is just possible to see the severed bow and stern of the barge "Painswick" which was raised from the bed of Gloucester & Sharpness Canal at Sharpness in 1999. (Thanks to Paul Barnett for information). 3rd December 2005.

The Thompsons River Transport barge "Pike" at Hempstead, Gloucester. This is an ex-BW mud hopper, 11th September 1996.

Stern view of "Pike" at Hempstead. 11th September 1996.

Thompsons barges "Chub and "Perch" on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal in 1999.

"Perch" moored on Bakers Quay, Gloucester. 25th March 2006. Originally an unpowered mud hopper, the vessel is now a motor barge.

"Perch" loading aggregate on the Severn at Ripple. 11th July 2007.

"Pike" being unloaded on the River Severn at Ryall on 11th July 2007. "Chub" and "D2" can be seen in the background.

The National Waterway Museum's concrete barge FCB52 moored on Baker's Quay, Gloucester. Behind it are the "Perch" and the "Oliver Cromwell". 25th March 2006.

The former Harker petroleum barge "Farndale H" of 1967, trading on the River Trent. 9th August 2006

"Farndale H" on the Trent on 12th July 2006.

Former Harker barge "Fossdale H" on the River Trent on 9th June 2006.

Another former Harker barge on the Trent. This is "Fusedale H" of 1968, operated by Humber Barges Ltd. 12th July 2006.

"Fusedale H" at Knottingley, 24th July 2002.

The former BW barge "Gladys Lillian" on the Trent on 11th July 2006.

The "Risby" loading aggregate on the Trent below Cromwell lock. 11th July 2006.

A rather improbable barge which supports a Chinese restaurant, located by the entrance to the former Cumberland Arm of the Regents Canal. 28th April 2007.

An unpowered mud barge owned by the Cotswold Canals Trust at Stonehouse Wharf. 26th April 2006.

Residential barge "Ambulant" on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal on 17th June 2007.

Waddingtons barges laid up at Swinton. On the left is the barge "Service". 14th July 2006.

Wheelhouse detail on Waddington barge "Lady Kerr", sister vessel to the "Gladys Lillian". 14th July 2006.

The sterns of the Waddingtons barges "Thomas Waudby", "Taurus" and "George Dyson" at Swinton. 14th July 2006.

Stern view of the "George Dyson", Swinton, 14th July 2006.

Waddingtons barges at Swinton. 14th July 2006.

Waddingtons barge "Progress" at Swinton. This vessel was formerly the Harker tanker barge "Ennerdale". 14th July 2006.

Waddington's "Northern King" and "Delta". 27th July 2006.

Waddington's "Sirus". 27th July 2006.

"Battlestone" on the River Aire. 24th July 2002.

"Humber Trader" on the River Aire. 24th July 2002.

"Sabrina 5", a dumb barge from the BW Severn fleet. Now preserved at the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester. 11th September 1996.

A stern view of "Sabrina 5" at Gloucester. 29th March 2009.

"Falmouth Jubilee" providing offshore fuel bunkering at Falmouth. 12th August 2008.

A ferro concrete barge near Flushing, Cornwall. 12th August 2008.

Hargreaves tub barges near Ferrybridge in 2002.

Residential barge at Marsworth, Grand Union Canal. 20th September 2008.

An unidentified barge grounded on the bank of the River Nene. 2nd August 2005.

"Stella Maris" approaching Purton on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal. 20th July 2008.