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Previous names
- Patricia
Certificate no
2884
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Fishing Vessel
Subfunction
Drifter
Location
Eastbourne
Vessel type
Mounts Bay Pilchard driver
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
Kitto, Richard, Porthleven
Built in
1912
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Lug
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
34.17
feet
(10.41
m)
Breadth: Beam
11.50
feet
(3.51
m)
Depth
4.58
feet
(1.40
m)
Tonnage: Gross
15.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
GIRL SYBIL was built as a fishing vessel, by Kitto of Porthleven in 1912 and is a vessel of pitch pine carvel constrfuction with a Ford 2722E diesel engine. Originally named PATRICIA she worked out of Newlyn as a pilchard driver.
The boat would have been renamed GIRL SYBIL when acquired by the Vingoe family of Newlyn in the mid 1930s; she was sold to the Stevenson family who continued to work her throughout the war years.
It is believed that at the end of the Second World War she was owned by Tommy Jewell. Tommy had cobtracted TB during his service in France in the early years of the Second World War and was advised by a GP that salt air might bring relief to him. Following doctors advice, he borrowed money to buy GIRL SYBIL from a family member and bought the boat around the time the war ended. The loan to purchase the vessel was made by Bobby Jewell.
Decommissioned from fishing in about 1965, she became a coded charter vessel operating in Cornwall and Suffolk. In 2005 she came to Dartmouth and was later taken out at Noss Marina for an alteration to her ballast and a refit.
Key dates
-
1912
Built by Kitto of Porthleven
-
1912/1965
Worked out of Newlyn as a pilchard driver
-
1965/2005
Became a coded charter vessel operating in Cornwall and Southwold, Suffolk
-
2005
Refit at Dartmouth and alteration of ballast
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