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Registration number
3718
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Details
Function
Fishing Vessel
Subfunction
Dredger
Location
West Mersea
Vessel type
Oyster Smack
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Aldous Ltd, Brightlingsea
Built in
1899
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Gaff - Other
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Sail
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Depth
3.00 feet
(0.91m)
Air Draft
6.00 feet
(1.83m)
Length: Overall
37.00 feet
(11.28m)
Tonnage: Gross
10.00
History
DOROTHY, CK159, built in 1899, has been at West Mersea since 1997 when Paul Harding, MD of colchesteroysterfishery.com, and Rob Lee acquired her from her previous owner in Burnham-on-Crouch. She’s 37ft LOD, and is a small smack, built to dredge the creeks, though there is a story that in the early 1900s, she went around the south-west and up to west Scotland to go dredging. She was built in the Aldous yard at Brightlingsea, generally regarded as the pre-eminent builders on the Colne and Blackwater for Mr Cutts-Avis of West Mersea. More recently Paul Harding's share has been purchased by Gareth Honeyford who now sails with Rob although DOROTHY is still moored at the Oyster Fishery.
Key dates
- 1899-01-01 Built
Grants
-
Feb 2024
The Strategic Developement Fund awarded a grant of £800 towards replacement of rigging, supported by Winter & Co Marine Ltd
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