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Faversham
26th & 28th February 2009
Images taken in Faversham on the 26th & 28th February 2009. I visited Faversham for the first time on 26th February seeking the
Sheppey Queen
which was undergoing restoration work there. I found her, but had insufficient time to walk along the opposite bank to photograph her. I returned on 28th February to achieve this, and also photographed a number of other interesting survivors. I had lunch at the isolated and fascinating
Shipwrights Arms
public house at the convergence of the Oare and Faversham Creeks, where avocets were seen on the mud banks. I had an afternoon coffee and cake in the centre of Faversham and sat next to Sir Bob Geldof, who was reading the FT and eating smoked haddock and poached eggs.
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Faversham
26th & 28th February 2009
Sheppey Queen
The
Sheppey Queen
was built by the Sittingbourne Boat Building Company in 1946. She ran trips with the
Silver Star
during the late 1950s early 1960s from Sheerness beach. She then worked on the Clyde working summer excursions from Kilmun, Hunters Quay and Dunoon to Rothesay, Largs, Kyles of Bute, etc. Occasionally on very busy weekends she turned up on the Kilmun-Hunters Quay-Gourock ferry (usually worked by the 40ft Kelvin Launch
Sonje Tessa
), using Ritchie Bros slipway at the side of Gourock Pier entrance near the pilot station. Her stern power was poor, and she was seen being towed off that slipway by a couple of Ritchie's ferries, the
Lady Jane Ritchie
and the
Port Star
. In the 1970s she was on the RG Launches ferry service that took workers to and from the Ford factory at Dagenham. Later she was in private ownership as a yacht. In 2009 she is at Faversham Creek undergoing restoration, the eventual intention being to take her to Ireland.
Website:-
www.angelicfeast.com/sheppey
Sheppey Queen
at Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 267th February 2009 - as close as I could get on my first visit
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Sheppey Queen
at Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 28th February 2009
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Sheppey Queen
at Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 28th February 2009
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Sheppey Queen
at Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 28th February 2009
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Sheppey Queen
at Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 28th February 2009
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HMRC Vigilant
HMRC Vigilant
was built in 1901 by Cox & Company, Falmouth, for the Commissioners of HM Customs as a customs cutter. She is the sole surviving vessel from the 1911 Spithead Review and was converted to a private yacht in 1920. She later became a houseboat based at Shoreham. Subsequently, her condition deteriorated and she was later found in the yard of Pound's Marine Shipping Ltd, at Portsmouth.
Vigilant
was purchased by The Vigilant Trust in 1992.
When the Trust experienced difficulties in 2007, National Historic Ships, in collaboration with the Medway Maritime Trust (MMT), offered practical help. The MMT arranged for
Vigilant
to be towed to Faversham where she is now berthed pending plans for her continuing conservation.
In January 2008, the Medway Maritime Trust will take over ownership from the Vigilant Trust which will stay in being as a fundraiser; a new trust is being set up under the MMT umbrella.
Vigilant
is being prepared for a move to a parcel of land within the port where restoration will be done.
Website:
http://www.vigilant.org.uk
Vigilant
at Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Vigilant
at Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Vigilant
at Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Vigilant
at Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Vigilant
at Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Vigilant
at Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Vigilant
at Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Meeching
IMO number : 5230686
Name of ship : MEECHING
Registered owner : TUG MANNING, Gravesend
Call Sign : GGZA
Gross tonnage : 173
Type of ship : Tug
Year of build : 1960
Flag : United Kingdom
The tug
Meeching
served at Newhaven with Sealink and later Newhaven Port & Properties. She is now owned by Tug Manning of Gravesend.
Meeching
was built for British Railways by P.K.Harris in Appledore, Devon, and is a sister of the
Dominant
(1957) and
Diligent
(1958) of Dover.
Meeching
replaced the older and smaller steam vessels
Foremost 22
and
Tidworth
at Newhaven. She entered service on the 20th July 1960. Much of her work was the towing of mud barges filled by the dredger
Testside
to their dumping ground offshore. She also towed the cargo ships which berthed at Newhaven's East Quay, and assisting the Dieppe ferries in bad weather. She was sold in 1999.
Meeching
in Oare Creek, near Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Meeching
in Oare Creek, near Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Meeching
in Oare Creek, near Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Meeching
in Oare Creek, near Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Meeching
in Oare Creek, near Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Meeching
in Oare Creek, near Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Shipwrights Arms
The Shipwright's Arms, near Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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The Shipwright's Arms, near Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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The Shipwright's Arms, near Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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The Shipwright's Arms, near Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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The Shipwright's Arms, near Faversham
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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