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Registration number
185
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Excursion
Location
St Osyth
Vessel type
Excursion
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Unknown
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Rowhedge Iron Works Co Ltd, Rowhedge
Built in
1925
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
69.97 feet
(21.34m)
Tonnage: Gross
51.00
History
Built in 1925, BRIGHTLINGSEA is a passenger vessel with the capacity for 150 passengers. and operated for around 55 years.
In WW2 she was used as a tender for the Harwich-based destroyers.
She was then based in St. Osyth and has been converted to a houseboat.
We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information, past or present, please contact us.
Key dates
-
1925
Built by the Rowbridge Ironworks, Colchester
-
2007
£3000 grant made from Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK
Grants
-
March 2007
A grant of £3000 to cover the costs of fire protection and evacuation measures was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships.
Sources
Geoffrey Hamer, Trip Out 1995/6 - A Guide to the Passenger Boat Services of the British Isles (1995) pub: G P Hamer
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