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Registration number
2358
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Fishing Vessel
Location
Woodbridge
Vessel type
Crabber
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Gostelow, Alexander, M, Boston
Built in
1916
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Gaff Cutter
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Sail
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
11.00 feet
(3.36m)
Depth
4.00 feet
(1.22m)
Length: Overall
34.00 feet
(10.37m)
History
ROCK OF AGES was built as a crabber (a fishing vessel) by AM Gostelow of Boston in 1916. She is a clinker built vessel, constructed of larch on oak ribs with a Ford Tempest diesel engine. Little is known of her history prior to her purchase by her present owners. There is a tradition that the original fishermen who ordered her were Salvationists from Cromer. She has an unusual shape and there is no known example of a double ended vessel of this length built on the East Coast. In 2010, ROCK OF AGES was being conserved for use as a leisure vessel at Woodbridge, Suffolk. The final phase of conservation, including electrics, anti-fouling measures and varnishing, was underway in February 2019, and it is hoped to re-launch her in Summer 2019.
Key dates
-
1916
Construction - working vessel until 1960s
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2010
ROCK OF AGES was being conserved for use as a leisure vessel at Woodbridge, Suffolk
-
2019
Final phase of conservation, including electrics, anti-fouling measures and varnishing, underway. It is hoped to re-launch her in Summer 2019
-
2019
Final phase of conservation, including electrics, anti-fouling measures and varnishing, underway. It is hoped to re-launch her in Summer 2019
Grants
-
2016
A sustainability grant of £1000 for rigging was made from ,the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK
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