SB Marjorie
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![]() Marjorie competing in the 109th Medway Barge Sailing match, viewed from the shore at Gillingham Pier.
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Name | Marjorie |
Owner |
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Builder | Orvis of Ipswich |
Launched | 1898 |
Identification | United Kingdom Official Number 108373 |
Status | Sailing |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Thames barge |
Tonnage | 56 GRT |
Length | 84 feet (25.60 m) |
Beam | 19.3 feet (5.88 m) |
Draught | 6.2 feet (1.89 m) |
Propulsion | Sails. |
Sail plan | Spritsail |
SB Marjorie is a 56-ton wooden Thames sailing barge, built by Orvis at Ipswich, Suffolk, England in 1898 for R. & W. Paul Ltd. She was used to carry various cargoes on the London River and along the Channel.[1]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sailing Barge Research. "Active Barges Page 1". www.sailingbargeresearch.org.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
External links
[edit]- Damage caused by accident during 2008 Swale match "Sailing barge Marjorie". You Tube. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- "Thames Sailing Barge Match - Marjorie". www.thamesmatch.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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