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Certificate no
479
Status
National Historic Fleet
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Details
Function
Fishing Vessel
Subfunction
Drifter
Location
Belfast
Vessel type
Lugger
Current use
None
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
Paynter, William, Kilkeel
Built in
1877
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Unknown
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
14.98
feet
(4.57
m)
Depth
6.00
feet
(1.83
m)
Length: Overall
51.48
feet
(15.70
m)
Tonnage: Gross
21.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
MARY JOSEPH is a fishing vessel with a long history. She now rests ashore in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in Northern Ireland. Built by William Paynter of Kilkeel in 1877 she is in effecct a double ended mackerel driver. She was originally lug rigged and was motorised in 1920.
Sources
Brouwer, Norman J, International Register of Historic Ships, Anthony Nelson, pp161, Edition 2, 1993
Sullivan, Dick, Old Ships, Boats and Maritime Museums, Coracle Books, 1978
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