SB Pudge
Pudge on the Medway Estuary in 2017 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Pudge |
| Owner | Thames Sailing Barge Trust |
| Builder | London & Rochester Trading Co |
| Commissioned | 1922 |
| Status | Private use and private charter ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 97 |
| Length | 92.5 ft (28.2 m) |
| Beam | 22.5 ft (6.9 m) |
| Height | 0 ft (0 m) to top of mainmast |
| Draught | 3.5 ft (1.1 m) distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel) |
| Propulsion | Spritsail and Kelvin 66hp diesel |
| Notes | Pine on Oak |
SB Pudge is a wooden Thames sailing barge, built in Rochester, Kent, England in 1922. Her hull was pitch pine on oak frame. She was originally spritsail rigged with bowsprit. An auxiliary oil engine made by The Bergius Co.Ltd of Glasgow was installed in 1932. She was used to carry various cargoes for the London & Rochester Trading Co until 1968, when she was bought out of trade by the Thames Sailing Barge Trust. Her last cargo was pineapple juice.