SBReminder
Appearance
Reminderfrom Gillingham Pier
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Reminder(1929-) |
Owner | F W Horlock, Mistley |
Builder | Mistley Shipping Company[1] |
Launched | 1929 |
Identification |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Thames barge |
Tonnage | 108GRT |
Length | 87.84 feet (26.77 m) |
Beam | 19.38 feet (5.91 m) |
Draught | 6.49 feet (1.98 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Spritsailwith bowsprit |
Notes | Website:http://www.top-sail.co.uk/the-barges/reminder/ |
Reminderis one of sevenThames bargesbuilt between 1925 and 1930 for F W Horlock,Mistley.
History
[edit]In 1924 the Horlocks commissioned seven new steel Thames barges, of whichReminderwas the fourth. Six of these ‘seven sisters’ are still afloat:Blue Mermaidwas lost to a mine in World War 2.[2]They were built at Mistley.
Name | Active | Built | Tons | Official no. | Current owner |
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Repertor | Yes | 1924 | 69 | 145404 | David Pollock |
Portlight | No | 1925 | 68 | 145405 | Landbreach Ltd |
Xylonite | Yes | 1926 | 68 | 145408 | Tim Kent |
Reminder | Yes | 1929 | 79 | 161033 | Topsail Charters Ltd |
Adieu | Yes | 1929 | 79 | 161035 | Iolo Brooks |
Blue Mermaid | No | 1930 | 79 | 161038 | (destroyed) |
Resourceful | No | 1930 | 77 | 161039 | I & R Stubbs |
Ref[3] | As of 2016 |
References
[edit]- ^"Specifications - XYLONITE".XYLONITE.Retrieved22 March2018.
- ^Benham 1986,p. 99.
- ^Kent, Tim."Xylonite and her sisters - XYLONITE".XYLONITE.Retrieved22 March2018.Ref:
Bibliography
[edit]- Benham, Hervey; Kershaw, Philip; Finch, Roger (1986).Down tops'l: the story of the East Coast sailing-barges(3rd ed.). London: Harrap.ISBN0-245-54487-9.
- Carr, Frank (1951).Sailing Barges(Revised ed.). Peter Davies Ltd.
- March, Edgar (1948)."Spritsail barges of Thames and Medway".London: Percival Marshal.
External links
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