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Registration number
749
Status
Registered
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Previous names
- Comus
Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Location
Heybridge Basin
Vessel type
Schooner
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Husk & Sons, James, Wivenhoe
Built in
1882
Rig
Schooner
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Sail
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
12.23 feet
(3.73m)
Depth
8.16 feet
(2.49m)
Length: Overall
60.00 feet
(18.30m)
Tonnage: Gross
24.00
History
Built in 1882 by James Husk of Wivenhoe, COMUS OF WIVENHOE is a gaff rigged wooden schooner of carvel construction. Her current engine is a Gardner 6 cylinder diesel installed in 1982. She is undergoing restoration at Heybridge Basin, Essex.
Update, March 2024: Vessel under new ownership. She will be transported to South Africa to undergo restoration there.
We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us
Key dates
-
1882
Built by J Husk of Wivenhoe
-
1979
The first owner was Charles Yule of Magdelene College, Oxford and the vessel has had nine owners, the current owner who bought the vessel in 1979 when the hull was full of water over the bilge planks and she had no masts. A rebuild started in October 1979 with the removal of what was left of the rotted deck followed by the replacement of the deck beams, knees, mast mates, deck and deck houses. A second hand engine was installed in 1982.
-
2009
Current condition of vessel very good. Can be sailed but still undergoing restoration of exterior work; painting, varnishing as well as refurbishment of saloon.
Sources
Old Gaffer's Association Member's Handbook and Boat Archive, 1993
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