Registration number
2431
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Fishing Vessel
Subfunction
Dredger
Location
Brightlingsea
Vessel type
Essex Smack
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Aldous & Sons, Brightlingsea
Built in
1892
Hull material
Wood
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Sail
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
10.00 feet
(3.05m)
Depth
4.50 feet
(1.37m)
Length: Overall
37.00 feet
(11.29m)
Tonnage: Gross
9.00
History
PRIMROSE is an Essex smack, a fishing vessel of timber carvel construction, iroko on sawn oak frames. She was built in 1892 by Aldous of Brightlingsea and is powered by sail alone. The vessel was built for fishing and oyster dredging from West Mersea and then Maldon. She was saved in the 1970s from the Roach and rebuilt by Testers of Faversham between 1998 and 2000. She is now used as a private leisure craft.
Key dates
-
2012
Vessel selected for Avenue of Sail, Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on 3 June 2012
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