THE
BIG BARGES By Hervey Benham and Roger Finch |
| This
book is principally about the "Boomie" barges which were one
part of the evolution of the sailing barges. There is a description
of all big barge fleet in the appendix. Contains some constructional
details that may be of interest to modellers, plus several drawings,
sail plans etc. Big Barges List: |
| Active Ada(3) *Ada Gane Adsey Advance Agnes Agnes and Constance Alcyone Alert *Alexandra Alice *Alice May *Alice Watts Alpha(2) Amazon Amy Ann Goodhugh Annie Annie Florence *Antelope Arundel Castle Athole Azariah Belmont Bessie Hillier Birthday Blanche Boaz Bolham Bona Brightlingsea Brilliant **Britannia* Britannic *Byculla *Camber *Carisbrooke Castle Carlbury *Carrie Louise Cecilia Clymping Cock of the Walk *Cock O' the Walk Corinthian *Crowpill Cyllene Cymric *Dannebrog Darnet, The Dauntless *Davenport *Diamond Diana *Dolgwandle Doric Dovercourt Earnest Eastern Belle Edith Edith Wood Eliza H Eliza Patience Eliza Smeed Elizabeth Elizabeth Little Ellen Smeed Emerald Emerald Emily Emily Lloyd |
*Emily
Smeed |
Llama
Lord Alcester Lord Beaconsfield(2) Lord Beresford Lord Churchill Lord Dufferin Lord Hamilton Lord Hartington Lord Iddesleigh Lord Lansdowne Lord Napier Lord Nelson Lord Rosebery Lord Salisbury Lord Shaftesbury *Lord Tennyson Lord Wolseley *Lothair **Lucy Richmond* Lymington Maggie Magnet Major Malvoisin Margaret Maria(2) *Martinet Mary Mary Caroline Mary Lyne Masonic Matilda Upton May Flower May Hawthorn May Queen *Mayland Mayor of Rochester *Mazeppa Mechanic Medina Meteor(2) Moss Rose Moultonian Moountsfield *Mystery(2) Nancy Nell Jess Nellie Nellie S Nelly New Trader Ninita Normanhurst Northern Belle Olive *Olympia Onward *Ornate Osprey *Parkend **Pearl(2)* Phoenix Pioneer(3) Pride Primus *Princess May **Problem Quarry Queen Mab Quintus |
Raima *Record Reign Reindeer(2) Rochester Castle Rose Bud Rosie Royal Oak Ruby Russell SD SJB St Albans Sallie Sapphire(2) *Sarah Coelbrooke *Sarah Smeed Secundus Septimus Seven Sisters Sextus Shamrock Solent Southern Belle Speedwell Spy Star *Startled Fawn **Stour *Success *Sunbeam Sunrise Surprise(2) Susie *Sussex Belle Sylph Ten Brothers Teresa **Tertius *Thalatta The Darnet The Francis *Thistle(2) Thomas Etherden Thorney Island Three Brothers Traly Trim Triumph Tynemouth Castle *Unity(2) Vanguard *Victoria Wandle Warwick Castle Wellholme *Wessex *Western Belle William of Ipswich William Levitt William Porter William Varney Winifred Mary Worrynot Yulan *Zebrina Zenobia Zephyr |
Other
craft mentioned: |
| Advance
(Dutch ketch) Agnes Muir ('tea clipper') Alarm (schooner) Albion (Portsmouth collier) Alice (sloop) Alma (schooner) *Ariel (schooner) Audacious (spl) Beaumont Belle (spl) Beric (spl) *Bonden (barquentine) Bucephalus (spl) Camellia (Portsmouth collier) Cedric (spl) Centaur (spl) *Charlotte Sophia (Portsmouth ketch) Clementine (brigantine) Colina (brig) Colossus (spl) Coombdale (spl) |
Cymric
(spl) Dahlia (Portsmouth collier) Daring (Barnstaple ketch) Dauntless (deep-sea schooner) Dido (spl) Doric (spl) Dunkerque (spl) Echo (oyster smack) Eclipse (spl) Economy (brigantine) Eleanor (spl) Ena (spl) English Rose (schooner Falconet (spl) Fanny (schooner) Frederick William (spl) George Smeed (spl) Girl of the Period (schooner) Gladys (spl) Glendalough (schooner) *Good Intent (sloop) |
Gratitude
(I.O.W. ketch) Halcyon (billyboy) Halcyon (ketch), Hetty (spl) *Ianthe (Dutch ketch) Integrity (Rye smack) John Banfield (barque) John Watts (spl) Katherina (Dutch ketch) Ladybird (spl) Leigh Hall Leofleda (spl) *Lord Warden (spl) *Malvina (spl) *Mavis (billyboy) Memory (spl) Mermaid (spl) Mistley Park (brigantine) Motoketch, The Northdown (spl) |
Norvic
(spl) Oak (spl) Octavius (sloop) Peace (spl) *Pioneer (tug) Quintus (sloop) Rhodesia (Dutch ketch) Rio Grande (flat-bottomed deep-sea vessel) Rudolph (schooner) Semper Spero Shamrock (spl) Swim (ketch) Tuesday (spl) Una (spl) *Unity (spl) Vecta (schooner) *Victoria (spl) Wave (spl) |
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*
denotes photograph ** denotes drawing
(spl) denotes a spritsail barge. |
Pages © David Renouf, email: bargemaster@thamesbarge.org.uk