Specifications: Year: 1911 LOA: 45’ Beam: 12’ Draft: 6’ Construction: Oak Hull/Keel: Displacement HIN: CK92 Description: ‘Our Boys’ is a fishing smack built by J Shuttlewood of Paglesham in 1911. She is of carvel construction with an oak hull and operates by sail alone. During her long life she has not strayed far from her place of birth. She was the Tollesbury and Mersea Native Oyster Company foreman's smack and as the company's largest vessel, apprentices would have servced their t... read more

Specifications: Year: 1935 LOA: 13.7 m Beam: 3.8 m Draft: 1.5 m Construction: Oak / pitch pine Hull/Keel: Displacement Reg: 125369 Description: ‘Sheemaun’ is a registered National Historic Vessel and a has a huge amount of significance within the historic maritime world. She served throughout World War II with the Royal Navy as HMY Sheemaun – an armed Thames Estuary patrol boat based at Cliffe Fort and Sheerness. ‘Sheemaun’ was appointed Flagship of the National Historic Vesse... read more