 SB Lady Daphne in full sail in February 2018
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Lady Daphne (1900–25) |
| Owner | Sea Laurel Ltd |
| Operator | Sea Laurel Ltd |
| Ordered | David J Bradley, Rochester |
| Builder | Short Bros Ltd, Backfields, Rochester |
| Launched | 1923 |
| Commissioned | 1921 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Thames barge |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 90.75 feet (27.66 m) |
| Beam | 21.38 feet (6.52 m) |
| Draught | 7.31 feet (2.23 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail and diesel engine |
| Sail plan | Spritsail |
SB Lady Daphne is a wooden Thames sailing barge, built in Rochester, England in 1923. She was used to carry various cargoes such as bricks and Portland stone on the River Thames and along the English Channel. She is infamous for sailing unaided from The Lizard to Tresco in the Scilly Isles, and safety beaching herself in two feet of water on shelving sand.[1][2][3]
- ^ Lady Daphne- Historic Ships UK
- ^ Underhill, Harold (1938). "III". Sailing Ship Rigs and Riggng (Second, 1958 ed.). Glasgow: Brown, Son and Ferguson. p. 73.
- ^ Cooper, F S; Chancellor, John (1955). A Handbook of Sailing Barges. Adlard Coles. p. 16. ISBN 0-229-64232-2.