MV Celtic (1903)

History
United Kingdom
NameCeltic
Port of registryLondon
BuilderKievits & Van Reede, Papendrecht, Netherlands
Launched1903
Identification
  • Official number 118314
  • Code Letters JGMC ( -1933)
  • Code Letters MKFZ (1934- )
StatusUnder restoration
General characteristics
Class and typeSailing barge, later coaster
Tonnage148 GRT
Length90 ft (27.43 m)
Beam23 ft 2 in (7.06 m)
Depth9 ft (2.74 m)

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.

  1. ^ Langley, Michael (June 2006). Kent Seaways, Hoys to Hovercraft. Midhurst: Middleton Press. pp. 50–51. ISBN 1-904474-79-9.
  2. ^ "Lloyd's Register of Ships" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. 1930. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  3. ^ Mercantile Navy List. London: Spottiswoode & Co. 1904. p. 513.