Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Mary Amelia MN59"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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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: | Mary Amelia MN59 |
| Registered port: | Leigh-on-Sea |
| Nation: | GBR |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Type of ship: | Thames Bawley Smack |
| Year built: | 1914 |
| Yard: | Howard & Sons, Southend-on-Sea, GBR |
| Length: | 10.36 m |
| Breadth: | 3.35 m |
| Draught: | 0.90 m |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 26 Jan 2022
- built in 1914 at the shipyard of Howard & Sons, Southend-on-Sea, GBR for the Osbourne family for catching shells out of Leigh-on-Sea, GBR.
- fitted with an engine in the 1920s, operated out of Burnham on Crouch, GBR until the 1930s.
- sank whilst anchored at Pin Mill, but purchased by Colin Fox in 1981 and restored.
- bought by a film producer and kept at St. Katharines Dock in London, GBR in the early 1990s.
- purchased by Jonathan Simper in 2001, major rebuilt in 2008/09 with replacing 70% of the structure of the vessel.
- provides day and weekend trips as well as evening cruises on the river Deben by Simpers of Ramsholt Traditional Boat Charters.
Contact:
Website (English, 26 Jan 2022):https://www.simpersoframsholt.co.uk/deben-traditional-boat-chartersnew
Mary Amelia MN59: charter website with a short description, photo and contact