Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Ellen CK222"
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Colne Smack and Barge Match Race, Brightlingsea, GB,
09/2006
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Ellen CK222 |
| Registered port: | Brightlingsea |
| Nation: | GBR |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Type of ship: | Essex Smack |
| Year built: | 1900 |
| Yard: | Harris Brothers, Rowhedge, GBR |
| Overall length: | 12.77 m |
| Breadth: | 3.35 m |
| Draught: | 1.68 m |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 20 Jan 2022
- built in 1900 at the shipyard Harris Brothers, Rowhedge/GBR for fisherman Martin as a fishing smack, rigged as a gaff cutter.
- used for pleasure during the summer and for fishing at the East coast of England in the winter.
- 1927 fitted with the first engine.
- after several changes of the owner she sank at her mooring near Felixstowe/GBR around 1973, raised and taken to Ipswich/GBR and later to Woodbridge/GBR.
- after attempts of restoration by several owners taken to Brightlingsea/GBR for a survey, transported to Oliver Walstons Farm in Thriplow/GBR and rebuilt in 1991.
- based in Brightlingsea she is privately used and takes part in sailing events for smacks and Thames Barges.