Ian is currently undergoing restoration at Northwich Dry Dock.
Ian was a product of post war Britain being built at Braunston in late 1948 for Barlows and being paid for by the Ministry of Transport. She had a Ruston Hornsby engine valued at £200 in 1955 and was steered throughout the 1960s by Laura Carter. She carried coal, usually for Kearley and Tonge Ltd, jam manufacturers at Rubastic Dock Southall known to boaters as the ‘Jam ‘Ole'