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Reminder from Gillingham Pier
History
United Kingdom
Name	Reminder(1929-)
Owner	F W Horlock, Mistley
Builder	Mistley Shipping Company
Launched	1929
Identification	Historic Ships Register Certificate 1966 United Kingdom Official Number 161033
General characteristics
Class and type	Thames barge
Tonnage	108 GRT
Length	87.84 feet (26.77 m)
Beam	19.38 feet (5.91 m)
Draught	6.49 feet (1.98 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Spritsail with bowsprit
Notes	Website: http://www.top-sail.co.uk/the-barges/reminder/

Reminder 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 Reminder was the fourth. Six of these ‘seven sisters’ are still afloat: Blue Mermaid was lost to a mine in World War 2. They were built at Mistley.

References

1. "Specifications - XYLONITE". XYLONITE. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
2. Benham 1986, p. 99.
3. Kent, Tim. "Xylonite and her sisters - XYLONITE". XYLONITE. Retrieved 22 March 2018. Ref:

Bibliography

• Benham, Hervey; Kershaw, Philip; Finch, Roger (1986). Down tops'l : the story of the East Coast sailing-barges (3rd ed.). London: Harrap. ISBN 0-245-54487-9.
• Carr, Frank (1951). Sailing Barges (Revised ed.). Peter Davies Ltd.
• March, Edgar (1948). "Spritsail barges of Thames and Medway". London: Percival Marshal.

External links

• Thames sailing barges
• 1926 ships
• Individual sailing vessels
• Ships built in Mistley
• Transport on the River Thames
• Sailing ships of the United Kingdom
• Ships and vessels of the National Historic Fleet