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Thursday, November 24, 2016

Better than using sails.

PYEFLEET, the old steam oyster dredger for the Colne Oyster fisheries. C.K.28 was built at the Rowhedge Ironworks in 1895 and was srapped at Heybridge near Maldon in 1930. This boat was superseded in 1930 by PYEFLEET 11 C.K.23, an almost identical boat which was still going in 1945 when it was altered into a yacht. They both had twin cylinder steam engines built by Mumfords of Colchester and the boilers by Davey Paxman.
Both boats were built for the Colne Oyster Fisheries , Brightlingsea ,and the Harbour board of Colchester Borough Council.

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