 Cambria at Standard Quay in Faversham
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Cambria |
| Owner | Cambria Trust |
| Operator | Cambria Trust |
| Ordered | Frederick T Eberhardt (Everard Shipbuilders), Greenhithe |
| Builder | William Eberhardt [1] |
| Commissioned | 1906 |
| Decommissioned | 1970 |
| Identification | Official Number 120676 |
| Status | Museum barge open to the public, used for young person sail training. |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 90.95 ft (27.72 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Draught | 7.75 ft (2.36 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | mainsail, topsail, mizzen, foresail, jib |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h) maximum speed |
| Capacity | 109 tonnes |
SB Cambria is a preserved spritsail Thames sailing barge now used for sail training. She was the last barge to trade entirely under sail, and took her last cargo in 1970. She is now restored and owned and operated by the Cambria Trust, a registered charity under English law.[2]
Cambria is a sister to the spritsail SB Hibernia which was lost off the coast of Norfolk on the evening of 9/10 November 1937. There have been four barges named the Cambria.
- ^ "Cambria". www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "CAMBRIA TRUST, registered charity no. 1125355". Charity Commission for England and Wales.