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More on Trojan; Go-Live Day!

29th June 2012 By matt_care

Not that long ago we noted that Friend Nick Ardley had spotted that SB Trojan’s hull had been “tidied” away to make room for the Olympics. Today the “Barge Blog” takes up the story, having spotted this link.

http://sailingbarges.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/trojans-end-a-building-accident-and-the-olympic-legacy/

Cambria dressed as a Stumpie. Pic by Dave Brooks
Cambria dressed as a Stumpie. Pic by Dave Brooks

“Back in the early part of the year,” says BB, “the SSBR Committee heard reports that the SB Trojan, which apparently had been abandoned on Leigh Marshes, had been removed by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council and destroyed.   We learnt of this through a story that a man had been injured by the fall of a steel wall, although strangely there was no mention that the steel wall in question was part of the hull of a Thames sailing barge  –  not your everyday building accident!

Everything then went quiet, but yesterday a report appeared on “The Echo” newspaper’s website, headed “Southend Council removed and destroyed Thames Barge it says was falling into a dangerous state”.

It seems that the diligent David Hurrell had been at work and had revived the story, (please contradict this (asks BB) if that is not the case, David).

Southend Council is being reprimanded for not taking steps to establish the history of the vessel and its importance in the story of Thames barges and the river.   Trojan was moored at Leigh’s Two Tree Island, and was the former headquarters of the Leigh Motor Boat Club.   She had been a feature of Leigh Marshes for more than 20 years.

David is quoted, as an SSBR member, as being disappointed Council officials did not give somebody the chance to restore the barge.   He said: “She would have made a really good restoration project but Southend Council decided to destroy it”.

The article goes on to quote SSBR Vice Chairman, Richard Walsh, who said the barge was the last  survivor of a group of eight boats built to carry 180 tons of cargo on the Thames.   Richard went on to say,  “Her demise is a serious loss to our maritime heritage;  a loss with no obvious serious attempt by the Council to establish its importance nationally and its local trading history  relevance.”

Thanks for that, Barge Blog

Meanwhile, this is the Go-Live day for the new website. May the technical gremlins steer clear!

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Barge Blog, Dave Brooks, Nick Ardley, SB Trojan, Stumpie

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So beautiful. When she is in Dry dock like that you can really see the diferences between the Kent and Essex barges and the lines of construction. Is that the original Transom cos to me it seems a bit more angular. Wasnt she registered at Rochester originally? Or was it just that she was kept there(flags flying, she was lovely.)

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Here's one from the late sixties in upnor my dad repairing the rudder

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hah never found out that thats what it was called!

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Can I have a bit for the receding hairline!!

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took a few hours to make it

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