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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Location
Faversham
Vessel type
Schooner
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Unknown
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Slade, J & Sons, Polruan
Built in
1888
Hull material
Rig
Unknown
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
Propulsion
Sail
Primary engine type
Unknown
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
11.51
feet
(3.51
m)
Depth
6.69
feet
(2.04
m)
Length: Overall
47.97
feet
(14.63
m)
Tonnage: Gross
0.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
FOAM was built by J Slade & Sons of Polruan as a ketch rigged fruit schooner in 1888. In 1920 Lloyds Register indicates that FOAM had been converted to 'a motor,' although no further details are available. Her last known owner in 1940 was a Major A Morton. FOAM was listed as Vessel Registered in Fowey where she was moored up to 1940. The vessel was registered under the name of Mrs J (Janet) E Petch of Bournemouth in the 1952 Register of Yachts, and her location is listed as 'port belonging to Poole.'
We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.
Sources
Old Gaffer's Association Member's Handbook and Boat Archive (1993).
Email with 3 attachments from Dave and Lynn Rogers dated 25 March 2019.
Key dates
-
1888
Vessel built by J Slade & Sons, Polruan
-
1920
Lloyds Register indicates that FOAM has been converted to 'a motor' (no further details)
-
1940
last known owner of FOAM was a Major A Morton
-
1940
FOAM listed as Vessel Registered in Fowey where she was moored up to 1940
-
1952
Vessel registered under the name of Mrs J (Janet) E Petch of Bournemouth in the 1952 Register of Yachts and listed as 'port belonging to Poole'
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