Oldest Ship Title Goes To Two-Century Trawler
LONDON. When the ketch Ceres of Bude was abandoned sinking in the Bristol Channel not long ago, it was thought that Britain had lost her most ancient seagoing vessel. But now it appears that this is not 60. The Ceres was 125 years of age, but down at Gravesend, toward the mouth of the Thames, is a ship called Elleu which is claimed to have been sailing the estuary regularly for more thau 200 years. When the last adven ture of the Ceres was given publicity m tho London press those who knew Ellen immediately raised an outcry that the Gravesend sailing vessel was the more ancient by 75 years. Ellen is what is locally known as a “bawley boat,” u cutter-rigged shrimp trawler. The boat is owned by Mr. “Curley” Plumb, and has been iu tha Plumb farailv for a centurv.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 55, 6 March 1937, Page 12 (Supplement)
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149Oldest Ship Title Goes To Two-Century Trawler Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 55, 6 March 1937, Page 12 (Supplement)
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