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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