| 词条 | MV Celtic (1903) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MV Celtic is a former Thames sailing barge[1] which was built by Kievits & Van Reede in Papendrecht, Netherlands in 1903 for E J & W Goldsmith Ltd of London and Grays, Essex.[2][3] She is currently under restoration at Sittingbourne, Kent. HistoryCeltic was built with a steel hull and was spritsail-rigged.[3] She was used to trade around the coast of Kent and Essex, and the Thames Estuary, mostly in the brickmaking and papermaking trades, and was operated by E J & W Goldsmith for 38 years. In 1941 she was requisitioned for war service, passing into ownership of the Ministry of War Transport, under the managementmof the London & Rochester Trading Co Ltd, and at that time was fitted with twin screws a pair of Bergius diesel engines.[1][6][4] She was used as a barrage balloon base at Portsmouth, later serving as a parent vessel in Chichester harbour during January 1943.[5] She saw further service in Scotland after this with Detachment Celtic; part of the RMBPD[5] Postwar, Celtic returned to commercial service in the ownership of Vectis Shipping and, later, Archie Sheaf, both of Newport, Isle of Wight.[6] She was mainly in the cement trade, working between Asham Cement Works on the River Ouse and the Isle of Wight. In 1967 the cement works closed, and she then worked between the Isle of Wight and Shoreham by Sea or Greenhithe [1] and was laid up at Newport in 1969.[1] She finally ended her days working in the ballast trade[7] in the Thames area.[1] Official number and code lettersCeltic had the UK Official Number 118314 and used the Code Letters JGMC until 1933.[2] From 1934, her Code Letters were MKFZ[8]References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book | first = Michael| last = Langley|date=June 2006| title = Kent Seaways, Hoys to Hovercraft| pages = 50–51| publisher = Middleton Press| location = Midhurst|isbn= 1-904474-79-9}} {{Thames barges}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Celtic (1903)}}{{Ship-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=30a0076.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register of Ships|date=1930 |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |accessdate=15 January 2008}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|title=Mercantile Navy List|date=1904|publisher=Spottiswoode & Co|location=London|page=513|accessdate=20 August 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=41a0704.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register of Ships|date=1942 |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |accessdate=21 August 2014}} 5. ^1 Quentin Rees; Cockleshell Heroes- The Final Witness 6. ^{{cite web|title=Non Active Barges|url=http://www.sailingbargeresearch.org.uk/pages/active_barges_page_1.htm|publisher=The Society for Sailing Barge Research|accessdate=21 August 2014|location=Colchester}} 7. ^1 Dolphin Yard Sailing Barge Museum, Sittingbourne. 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=34a0665.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register of Ships|date=1934 |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |accessdate=23 February 2009}} 2 : 1903 ships|Thames sailing barges |
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