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Registration number
109
Status
Registered
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Previous names
- 1906 - 2005 Britannia
Details
Function
Fishing Vessel
Location
Porthleven
Vessel type
Cornish Lugger
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Web address
www.avon-boating.co.uk
Construction
Builder
Roberts, Henry, Mevagissey
Built in
1906
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Lug
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Sail
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
12.59 feet
(3.84m)
Depth
6.39 feet
(1.95m)
Length: Overall
40.23 feet
(12.27m)
Tonnage: Gross
23.00
History
Built in 1906 by Henry Roberts of Mevagissey, GRACE is a Cornish fishing lugger with a carvel built hull of oak frames, a pitch pine deck and iroko planking. Her current engine is a Lister 3 Diesel made in 1945. She has 2 masts dandy rigged. Her original name was BRITANNIA which she retained until 2005. Her early life was as a pilchard drifter and long liner in Cornish waters and then as a motor auxiliary fishing boat on the south coast. She is now privately owned and is one of the few remaining Cornish luggers from the days of true working sail.
Key dates
-
1903
Built by Henry Roberts of Mevagissy, Cornwall as a Cornish Lugger and named ‘Brittania’
-
1903-1920
Fished from Mevagissy
-
1920-1969
Fished from Porthleven and the South Coast as a Motor Auxilary/Sail Fishing Boat
-
1970
New owner
-
1976
New owner
-
2005
New owner
-
2014
New owner
Sources
McKee, Eric, Working Boats of Britain, Conway Maritime Press, 1983
Finch, Roger, Sailing Craft of the British Isles, William Collins & Son Ltd, 1976
March, Edgar J, Sailing Drifters: The story of the herring luggers of England, Scotland and the Isle of Man, David & Charles Ltd, 1969
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