SB Wyvenhoe

Wyvenhoe

Wyvenhoe with Pudge on the Blackwater Estuary in 2007
History
United Kingdom
Builder	Forrest and Son Ltd, Wivenhoe
Launched	1898
Identification	United Kingdom Official Number : 110012
Status	Under restoration
General characteristics
Class and type	Thames barge
Tonnage	103.25  GRT registered 83.19
Length	85 ft (25.91 m)
Beam	19 ft (5.79 m)
Draught	4 ft (1.22 m)
Propulsion	Sails: area 3,500 sq ft (330 m2)
Sail plan	Spritsail
Speed	10.5 kn (19.4 km/h)
Notes	Ironpot- constructed in iron, then in 1947 plated in steel. [1]

SB Wyvenhoe is an 83-ton, steel Thames sailing barge. She was built by Forrest & Sons, Wivenhoe in 1898. She has the Official Number 110012.

History

She traded under sail until 1923, when she converted to a motor ship. She was rebuilt in steel in 1947 and continued to trade until 1982. She holds the record of having traded longer than any other British registered ship. ^[1] She was owned in trade by London and Rochester Trading Company, then re-rigged as company yacht barge by Richard Walsh in 1986. She is now owned by Trad Sail Charters and based in Maldon. ^[2]

See also

• SB Kathleen

References

1. Wivenhoe 2015.
2. Thames Sailing Barge Wyvenhoe 2017.

Sources

• Boss, Peter (Autumn 2003). "Pudge's Restoration" (PDF). Spritsail. Retrieved 18 February 2018– via Thames Sailing Barge Trust.
• March, Edgar (1948). Spritsail barges of Thames and Medway. London: Percival Marshall.
• "About the Sailing Barge WYVENHOE". www.wivencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
• "Thames Sailing Barge Wyvenhoe". www.wyvenhoe.co.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2018.