Engineering:SB Niagara

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Niagara competing in the 109th Medway Barge Sailing match, viewed from the shore at Gillingham Pier
History
United Kingdom
Name: Niagara (1900–25)
Owner:
  • LRTC
  • Deptford Community Centre
  • Peter Sands
Builder: Forrestt of Wivenhoe
Launched: 1898
Identification: UK official number 108373
Status: Sailing
Notes: Restored, and competed in the 2013 Thames Sailing Barge Match
General characteristics
Class and type:

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Thames barge

  • Net 116
Length: 86.7 feet (26.43 m)
Beam: 20.6 feet (6.28 m)
Draught: 6.7 feet (2.04 m)
Propulsion: Sails, auxiliary motor fitted 1924
Sail plan: Spritsail

SB Niagara is a 79-ton Thames sailing barge, built by Forrestt at Wivenhoe, Essex, England in 1898 for the London and Rochester Trading Company. She carried cargo on the lower Thames and the English Channel. An auxiliary motor was fitted in 1924.[1]

Thames barge sail names taken from Underhills measurements

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