SB Adieu

Adieu from Gillingham Strand
History
United Kingdom
Name	Adieu(1929-)
Owner	F W Horlock, Mistley Johnny Law
Builder	Mistley Shipping Company [1]
Launched	1929
Identification	United Kingdom Official Number 161035
Status	Private yacht
General characteristics
Class & 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.

The Horlocks steel barges- the seven sisters

Name	Active	Built	Tons	Official no.	Current owner
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	Johnny Law
Blue Mermaid	No	1930	79	161038	(destroyed)
Resourceful	No	1930	77	161039	I & R Stubbs
Ref [3]	As of 2016

References

1. "Specifications - XYLONITE". XYLONITE. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
2. Benham 1986, p. 99.
3. 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.