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Registration number
3673
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Previous names
- 1927 - 2021 Ardea
Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Wroxham
Vessel type
Norfolk Pleasure Wherry
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
Yes
Web address
https://www.wherryyachtcharter.org/
Construction
Builder
Robinson, Leo, Oulton Broad
Built in
1927
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Gaff - Other
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Sail
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Depth
3.40 feet
(1.04m)
Length: Overall
65.00 feet
(19.81m)
Tonnage: Gross
32.00
History
The last wherry to be built for the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads. ARDEA is a Pleasure wherry. 1927 – designed and built by Leo Robinson Oulton Broad, Lowestoft for Howard Hollingworth. Built in teak. 1934 - sold to Cdr R G Lock. She was later sold to Lady Flora Conway-Cuncliffe in 1947. 1957/1958 used as a motorised houseboat, skipper Jim Cole, Tidecraft Brundall. In 1959 sold to Howard Dunkerley & taken to Paris for accomodation. Bought by Philippe Rouff c.1973 restored as a motorised charter boat & toured european waterways 1974 – 1976, then used at houseboat till sold to Philip Davies in 2005.
In 2015, ARDEA was bought by Andrew Scull with agreement for her to be used for charter by Wherry Yacht Charter Charitable Trust. She is one of only eight remaining wherries. ARDEA has a diesel engine and electric engine but is primarily a sailing vessel.
Key dates
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1927
1927 – designed and built by Leo Robinson Oulton Broad, Lowestoft for Howard Hollingworth.
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1934
Sold to Cdr R G Lock
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1947
Sold to Lady Flora Conway-Cunliffe
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1956
De-rigged and used as a motorised houseboat by Tidecraft Brundall
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1959
Sold to Harold and Joy Dunkerley and taken to Paris
-
1973
Bought by Philippe Rouff and used as a charter boat / houseboat
-
2005
Bought by Philip Davies and returned to the Broads
-
2015
Bought by Andrew Scull, and cared for by WYCCT
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