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Previous names
- 1914 - 1919 Susan Oh I Say
Certificate no
3497
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Fishing Vessel
Subfunction
Drifter
Location
Unknown
Vessel type
Lugger
Archive reason
Overseas Watch List
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
Paynter, William, Kilkeel
Built in
1903
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Schooner
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Sail
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
Dimensions
Length: Overall
39.50
feet
(12.04
m)
Breadth: Beam
12.50
feet
(3.81
m)
Depth
7.58
feet
(2.31
m)
Air Draft
40.00
feet
(12.19
m)
Tonnage: Gross
12.00
History
ROSALIND, built in 1903 for the skipper William Jennings, fished drift nets for herring and mackerel. She is the sole survivor of William Paynter's St Ives built luggers.
In 1914 ROSALIND was sold to Mevagissey and her name changed to Susan Oh I Say. In 1919 she was sold to John Behenna in Mevagissey and renamed ROSALIND. In 1945 the vessel was converted in to a sailing yacht and sold to Rye.
Subsequently, she was found in 1959 on a beach in Shoreham where her engines had been pulled and she had been more or less abandoned. Her then owner refloated her again and later her brought her across the Atlantic in a shipping container to the US where she ended up on Maryland's eastern shore.
Now under new ownership, the vessel is currently located in Connecticut, USA, where she is undergoing a full restoration both to her original 1903 dipping lug rig and to as many aspects of her original configuration as practical.
Key dates
-
1903
Rosalind is built
-
1914
Sold to Mevagissey. Her name changed to Susan Oh I Say.
-
1919
Renamed Rosalind.
-
1945
Converted in to a sailing yacht.
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