Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Edme"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Edme, Volker Gries, Colne Smack and Barge Match Race, Brightlingsea, GB , 09/2006

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Colne Smack and Barge Match Race, Brightlingsea, GB,
09/2006

Edme, Volker Gries, Colne Smack and Barge Match Race, Brightlingsea, GB , 09/2006

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Colne Smack and Barge Match Race, Brightlingsea, GB,
09/2006

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Edme
Registered port:St. Osyth
Nation:GBR
Type of rigging:BARGE
Type of ship:Thames Sailing Barge
Year built:1898
Yard:Canns, Harwich, GBR
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Engine:keine/none

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 01 Mar 2008

  • built in 1898 by Canns of Harwich and named after the EDME Company (English Diast at ic Malt Extract), situated at Mistley Quay, Essex; owned by F.W. Horlock at Harwich, GB.
  • removal of her rigging for use as a lighter by Brown & Co. in 1949.
  • lengthy restoration at Maldon before being bought by the Harman-Harrison Consortium, and now the "Edme" consortium.
  • rerigged as bowsprit barge in 1992, based at St. Osyth.
  • available for day charters from Brightlingsea, England throughout the season.

Literature for further reading:

We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.

Paul Brown
"Historic Sail. Britain's Surviving Working Craft"
The History Press 2013 ISBN: 978-0-7524-8581-2
(in Association with National Historic Ships UK)
Page: 92, 94 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data