Tamar barge

A Tamar barge is a masted sailing vessel, designed for carrying cargo along the River TamarCalstock Online Parish Clerk River Tamar Travel and the south coast of Cornwall.

The Tamar barge can be either a single or double masted vessel. It can carry up to 32 tonnes. Tamar barges were manufactured in the 19th century in the Tamar Valley by boatbuilders such as James Goss of Calstock, Frederick Hawke of Stonehouse, Plymouth and David Banks of Queen Anne's Battery in Sutton Harbour, Plymouth.

There are only two surviving Tamar barges, both have been almost completely restored. Normally one, Shamrock, is open to visitors at Cotehele QuayShamrock at Cotehele and the other, Lynher, is privately owned and moored at Cremyll.

Shamrock is currently undergoing extensive repairs due to lack of maintenance which had led to mould and rot spreading throughout the timbers. The National Trust has launched a fundraising campaign to pay for the repairs to the historic vessel.

List of known Tamar Barges

Vessel Image Length Sail Plan Builder Date Place Fate Ref Annie 55.7 ft Cutter Frederick Hawke 1899 Stonehouse, Plymouth Abandoned at Hooe Lake Hooe Mystery Ships Bertie 46.2 ft Sloop David Banks and Co. 1883 Queen Annes Battery, Plymouth Abandoned in 1928 at Hooe Lake Tamar Barge Bertie Commerce Unknown Cutter Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown The Upper Tamar Valley a Century Ago (1982) R.T.Paige, page 40 Edith 54.9 ft Cutter Unknown c1890 Unknown Unknown Edward & Sarah Unknown Cutter Edward Brooming Unknown Calstock, Devon Unknown The Tamar Valley and Its People (1984) R.T.PaigeThe Industrial Archaeology of the Tamar Valley (1967) F. Brooker, pages 42-44 Edwin 55.1 ft Unknown Richard Hill & Sons 1880 Cattedown, Plymouth Abandoned in 1924, partly broken up, at Pomphlett Creek Tamar Barge Edwin Elizabeth Jane Unknown Cutter Unknown Unknown Unknown Abandoned at Antony Passage Tamar Barge Elizabeth Jane Flora May 50.5 ft Cutter Frederick Hawke 1897 Stonehouse, Plymouth Operated between Danescombe Quay and Plymouth Later abandoned at Saltash Tamar Barge Flora May Gwendoline Unknown Unknown David Banks and Co. 1894 Queen Annes Battery, Plymouth Unknown The Upper Tamar Valley a Century Ago (1982) R.T.Paige, page 44 Kate 54 ft Cutter Frederick Hawke 1885 Stonehouse, Plymouth Unknown Barges (1984) J.Leather, chapter 13 pages 167-176 Lillie 55 ft Sloop James Goss 1899 Calstock, Devon Unknown Tamar Barge Lillie Industry 40 ft Sloop Edward Brooming 1880 Calstock, Devon Unknown Tamar Barge Little Industry Lynher 51.2 ft Cutter James Goss 1896 Calstock, Devon Abandoned in the 1950s at Poldrissick Quay Restored in 1999 by Charlie Force Currently Operational Tamar Barge Lynher Martin Unknown Cutter Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Mayblossom 58.7 ft Sloop David Banks and Co. 1889 Queen Annes Battery, Plymouth Unknown Cotehele House National Trust Collection Myrtle 50.5 ft Sloop Robert May 1896 Danescombe Quay, Calstock, Cornwall Bomded by the Luftwaffe during the Plymouth Blitz, sank in the Hamoaze, next to Devonport Naval Base. Cotehele Quay Heritage Centre Pearl 52 ft Cutter Frederick Hawke 1896 Stonehouse, Plymouth Abandoned at Hooe Lake Tamar Barge Pearl Phoenix 51.9 ft Cutter Frederick Hawke 1900 Stonehouse, Plymouth Unknown Tamar Barge Phoenix Reaper Unknown Unknown Frederick Hawke c1900 Stonehouse, Plymouth Unknown Tamar Barge Reaper Shamrock 57.5 ft Ketch Frederick Hawke 1899 Stonehouse, Plymouth Abandoned in the 1960s at Hooe Lake Restored in 1975 by the National Trust Currently a Floating Museum Tamar Barge Shamrock Secret Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Sirdar Unknown Cutter Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Triumph 56.5 ft Cutter Frederick Hawke 1898 Stonehouse, Plymouth Used in WWII, later abandoned at Poldrissick Quay Tamar Barge Triumph Yealm Unknown Unknown Moore 1878 Sutton Pool, Plymouth Unknown

Surviving Tamar barges Shamrock, built in 1899 by Frederick Hawke. Lynher, built in 1896 by James Goss. Ship of the National Historic FleetNational Historic Ships UK

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