Vamoose
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Has anybody any idea where i might find the fishing number (LO??) of a Leigh Bawley "Reliance" bulit in Brightlingsea late 1800's bought out of the fisheries and converted into a yacht in about 1920. Thanks
Leigh Bawley Registration Numbers
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MoodySabre
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Reliance is not on this list http://www.smackdock.co.uk/smacklist/smacks.htm
Perhaps it has changed name.
Perhaps it has changed name.
MoodySabre
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It seems she is no more
Fromhttp://www.smackdock.co.uk/smacklist/oddbits/oddbits.htm
Bawley Reliance model
• email 2 April 2001-
Hello .. I came across your website which was very interesting . My Granfather bought the Leigh Bawley "Reliance" I think around 1920. (I think She was built by James & Stone In Brightlingsea) & converted Her into a yacht She sailed in the Thames for many years, until he retired to the South Coast and she spent the war years in a mud berth in Poole (where her keel still remains) until her timbers where shaken by the shock of some bombs being dropped in the harbour. I do have several good photos together with a splendid ceramic model of her around 15" long which was made by a friend of my Grandfather who worked in Poole Pottery!
Fromhttp://www.smackdock.co.uk/smacklist/oddbits/oddbits.htm
Bawley Reliance model
• email 2 April 2001-
Hello .. I came across your website which was very interesting . My Granfather bought the Leigh Bawley "Reliance" I think around 1920. (I think She was built by James & Stone In Brightlingsea) & converted Her into a yacht She sailed in the Thames for many years, until he retired to the South Coast and she spent the war years in a mud berth in Poole (where her keel still remains) until her timbers where shaken by the shock of some bombs being dropped in the harbour. I do have several good photos together with a splendid ceramic model of her around 15" long which was made by a friend of my Grandfather who worked in Poole Pottery!
Transcur
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The Kew record office has the returns of fishing boats and will almost certainly have Reliance and her fishing number, refrence BT145 I believe.
Vamoose
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Thanks Roger .... Thats my post..... I have the ceramic model. I have a
lot of info on her but her fishing number has been difficult to find.
lot of info on her but her fishing number has been difficult to find.
Vamoose
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Ahaa! Thanks Transcur