Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Sunbeam CK328"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Colne Smack and Barge Match Race, Brightlingsea, GB,
09/2006
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Sunbeam CK328 |
| Registered port: | Colchester |
| Base port: | Tollesbury |
| Nation: | GBR |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Type of ship: | Smack |
| Year built: | 1881 |
| Yard: | John Howard's Boatyard, Maldon, GBR |
| Overall length: | 15.25 m |
| Breadth: | 3.57 m |
| Draught: | 1.91 m |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 02 Dec 2014
- built in 1881 by John Howard, Maldon, GBR; originally laid down as a yacht, but completed to fish during the winter and as racing smack during the summer; owner became William Cranfield of Rowhedge, GBR.
Literature for further reading:
We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.
Paul Brown
"Historic Sail. Britain's Surviving Working Craft"
The History Press 2013 ISBN: 978-0-7524-8581-2
(in Association with National Historic Ships UK)
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