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![]() Adieu from Gillingham Strand
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Name | Adieu(1929-) |
Owner |
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Builder | Mistley Shipping Company [1] |
Launched | 1929 |
Identification | United Kingdom Official Number 161035 |
Status | Private yacht |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Thames barge |
Tonnage | 79 GRT |
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 | Spritsail with bowsprit |
Adieu is one of seven Thames barges built between 1925 and 1930 for F W Horlock, Mistley.
History
In 1924 the Horlocks commissioned seven new steel Thames barges, of which Adieu was the fifth. Six of these ‘seven sisters’ are still afloat: Blue Mermaid was 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
- ^ "Specifications - XYLONITE". XYLONITE. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ Benham 1986, p. 99.
- ^ Kent, Tim. "Xylonite and her sisters - XYLONITE". XYLONITE. Retrieved 22 March 2018. Ref:
Bibliography
- Benham, Hervey; Kershaw, Philip; Finch, Roger (1986). Down tops'l : the story of the East Coast sailing-barges (3rd ed.). London: Harrap. ISBN 0-245-54487-9.
- 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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