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Name: Dusmarie

Certificate number: 631

Status:

Registered

Function:

Fishing Vessel

Sub Functional Area:

Dredger

Type:

Oyster Smack

Location:

River Debden, Suffolk, England

Current use:

Restoration

  • Length Overall:

    13.41 metres (43.96 feet)

  • Gross Tonnage:

    10.38

  • Thames Measure Tonnage:

    16.00

  • Draught:

    1.70 metres (5.57 feet)

  • Maximum Breadth:

    3.20 metres (10.49 feet)
Dusmarie - DUSMARIE - under sail. Starboard bow looking aft.

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History

Built in 1884 by Aldous of Brightlingsea as an oyster smack, DUSMARIE's hull is carvel built with oak frames and Swedish pine planking and her current engine is an inboard Lister 3cy, 30 bhp. She is a yawl with two timber masts.

Originally called DAISY, she worked under sail until 1932 when bought by Douglas Dixon and Mary Turner. They converted her to a yacht and renamed her DUSMARIE. She sailed twice to the Baltic and was left in Sweden for the duration of World War II. Rescued in 1945, she was in need of an almost total rebuild during which her rig was changed to a yawl. Two engine changes followed, in 1952 a Stuart Turner 8hp was fitted and, in 1972, this was changed to a 10hp single cylinder Saab.

During the 1950s and 1960s she was used as an adventure sail training ship for parties of schoolboys. Later, as a training ship for a Sixth Form College near Ipswich, she took part in the 1974 Tall Ships Race with an all female crew. The present owner bought her in the 1980s and she is based on the River Deben in Suffolk.

These brief histories are compiled from details supplied by vessel owners and enthusiasts and from various reference works. National Historic Ships would be grateful for any corrections of facts or additional information for inclusion. Please contact ron.ellis@nationalhistoricships.org.uk

Subsequent developments

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