Jump to content

File:Bessie Ellen (one of the last surviving West Country trading ketchs) (6818650487).jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (5,616 × 2,730 pixels, file size: 16 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description

Bessie Ellen was built in Plymouth, Devon in 1904 by William Kelly, and is one of the last surviving West Country trading ketchs, from a fleet that once stood at 700. These were popular as cargo vessels around the UK and Europe up until the 1930’s. At 120ft long, and carrying up to 150 tons in her hold, she transported clay, peat, aggregates, salt and many other bulk items around the UK and Ireland. By the Second World War, trade was becoming scare with the growth of power driven vessels taking over from sailing ships. Bessie Ellen sailed with cargo right up to 1947 when she was sold by Captain John Chichester to Captain Moller from Frederiksvaerk in Denmark. She then began sailing again in the sheltered waters of the Baltic Sea under a new name of ‘Forsget’, before undergoing a radical transformation – the rig was greatly reduced and a large Hundested single cylinder engine was installed. Bessie Ellen continued to operate until the 1970’s when the ship became too small a capacity to be profitable.

Now back in Plymouth nearly 100 years since she was built, Bessie Ellen has been restored to the graceful sailing ship she once was. Bessie Ellen now works a busy itinerary including day sails and passages around the UK and Europe and is a regular guest at the major maritime festivals.
Date Taken on 4 June 2010, 20:23
Source Bessie Ellen (one of the last surviving West Country trading ketchs)
Author William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland

Licensing

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by infomatique at https://flickr.com/photos/80824546@N00/6818650487. It was reviewed on 18 March 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

18 March 2020

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

4 June 2010

image/jpeg

5dad0ee0ac2ae29ae0329f740110c0ad5a13183c

16,781,222 byte

2,730 pixel

5,616 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current05:22, 18 March 2020Thumbnail for version as of 05:22, 18 March 20205,616 × 2,730 (16 MB)Geo SwanTransferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons

The following page uses this file:

Metadata