SB Adieu
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|infobox caption= |display title= SB Adieu }} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:SB Adieu 4960.jpg |Ship caption= Adieu from Gillingham Strand }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} |Ship name= Adieu(1929-) |Ship owner=*F W Horlock, Mistley
|Ship builder=Mistley Shipping Company {{cite web|title=Specifications - XYLONITE|url=http://xylonite.co.uk/information/specifications/|website=XYLONITE|access-date=22 March 2018}} |original cost= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=1929 |Ship identification=
|Ship status=Private yacht |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=Thames barge |Ship tonnage={{GRT|79}} |Ship length={{convert|87.84|ft|m|2}} |Ship beam={{convert|19.38|ft|m|2}} |Ship draught={{convert|6.49|ft|m|2}} |Ship propulsion=Sails |Ship sail plan=Spritsail with bowsprit |Ship notes= }} |
Adieu is one of seven Thames barges built between 1925 and 1930 for F W Horlock, Mistley.
History
In 1924 the Horlocks commissioned seven new steel Thames barges, of which Adieu was the fifth. Six of these ‘seven sisters’ are still afloat: Blue Mermaid was lost to a mine in World War 2. {{sfn|Benham|1986|p=99}} They were built at Mistley.
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|+The Horlocks steel barges- the seven sisters !Name !!Active !!Built !!Tons !!Official no. !!Current owner | |||||
| |Repertor | Yes | 1924 | 69 | 145404 | David Pollock |
| |Portlight | No | 1925 | 68 | 145405 | Landbreach Ltd |
| Xylonite | Yes | 1926 | 68 | 145408 | Tim Kent |
| Reminder | Yes | 1929 | 79 | 161033 | Topsail Charters Ltd |
| |Adieu | Yes | 1929 | 79 | 161035 | Iolo Brooks |
| |Blue Mermaid | No | 1930 | 79 | 161038 | (destroyed) |
| |Resourceful | No | 1930 | 77 | 161039 | I & R Stubbs |
| Ref{{cite web|last1=Kent|first1=Tim|title=Xylonite and her sisters - XYLONITE|url=http://xylonite.co.uk/information/xylonite-and-her-sisters/|website=XYLONITE|access-date=22 March 2018}} Ref: | As of 2016 |
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References
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book |last1=Benham|first1=Hervey|last2=Kershaw|first2=Philip|last3=Finch|first3=Roger|title=Down tops'l : the story of the East Coast sailing-barges|date=1986|publisher=Harrap|location=London|isbn=0-245-54487-9|edition=3rd|ref={{sfnRef|Benham|1986}} }}
- {{cite book|last1=Carr|first1=Frank|title=Sailing Barges|date=1951|publisher=Peter Davies Ltd|edition=Revised}}
- {{cite book|last = March|first = Edgar|title = "Spritsail barges of Thames and Medway"|publisher = Percival Marshal| location = London| year = 1948}}
External links
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Category:Thames sailing barges
Category:Individual sailing vessels
Category:Ships built in Mistley