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Hearts of Oak
Rosebud PZ.87
Cornish
Luggers and their crews were capable of some remarkable voyages.
SS9
Snowdrop of St Ives (ex Jane Barber) sailed for Australia,
but
reached the Galapagos Islands and disappeared.
Then
there was the 16 ton Mystery that sailed for Melbourne in 1854
with
just seven crew – all 33 feet of her.
They
arrived in 1855 having experienced the full might of weather and sea.
In
1937, the Rosebud made her historic journey through less troubled waters, but
left Newlyn because of “troubled waters”. After the First World War, fishing
fleets were becoming smaller. Fishermen had to find alternative work. Their
homes were being bought by people outside of the county, prices rose beyond the
pockets of the local folk. The character of the town was being changed and then
threatened by “slum clearance”. To prevent their community and homes being
destroyed, it was decided to sail for Westminster, with a prayer and a
petition, in the Rosebud. It had been the decision of Penzance Borough Council
to demolish homes and to re-house the fishermen and their families, high on a
hill at Gwavas Estate, well away from the harbour.
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The
whole story of the sailing and of the reception they received in London is one
which has been well written in books, and is to be celebrated this year 2007,
by a re-enactment, planned to be made in the Lugger Ripple.
Ripple
is being lovingly restored at Newlyn,
despite
the fact that she was built on the foreshore at St Ives.
SS19
Ripple - A painting by the late Clive Carter
Photographed Raymond Forward
SS.19 Ripple
Built 1896 Henry
Trevorrow SS.19 St Ives
Owner Barber family; sold off
1933
Sail only, two lugsails, two
masts
1915 A 16hp port wing engine added.
1927 Extended by 10 ft and Engine replaced with 26hp
44ft x 12ft x 15tons; carvel
pitchpine.
Crew of 5
Ripple
- rebuilding works June 2007
Photograph,
Raymond Forward
Launch of Ripple 12th October 2007
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Records Extracted from
The Fishing Vessel Registers
and the Shipping Registers.
Rosebud – PZ.87
Built Newlyn 1919, of Newlyn Port
Port of Registration Penzance
Sails and Auxiliary Motor
60 hp Thorneycroft engine (paraffin)
1st Class; Lugger
Foresail & Mizzen
Drift Nets and Lines
Length of Keel 48 ft
Length 48 ft
Breadth 14.9 ft
Depth 6.3 ft
Tonnage 25.49 grt; 16.17 nrt
Crew 7 men
First Registry 8th January 1920
Owner :
William J Richards Senior; 5 Green Street, Newlyn [addition of note –
Dec’d]
William J Richards, Junior
Cecil H B Richards, 4b Green Street, Newlyn
Mrs Mary Jane Matthews, 4 Green Street, Newlyn
Rosebud,
preparing for her journey 1937
Restored
by Raymond Forward from a very faded and scratched print.
I
believe the original was a Richards Photograph
During WWII she operated on
Coastal Service
with The Royal Navy.
On return to Newlyn,
She changed name, owners and
then ports
Cynthia Yvonne ex Rosebud
ON 164796
Nr 2 1949 Penzance
Upper tonnage deck 24.97 t
Deductions 13.81 t
Register Tonnage 11.16 t
Owners …
Sidney Reed Thomas and Thomas
Sidney Thomas, Manor House, Newlyn
Dated 8th June 1949
Mortgage (A) 21st
Dec 1949 to secure the sum of £1800 together with interest at the rate of 3 qtr
per cent per annum as agreed.
Minister of Agriculture and
Fisheries, London
Entry 4th October
1954 Mortgage (B) dated 20th September 1954 to secure the sum of
£645 together with interest at a rate of 3 3qtr per cent per annum as agreed.
The White Fish Authority of
Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough, York
Entry 20th August
1955 Discharge of Mortgage – (A) receipt dated 18th August 1955.
Entry 11th March
1965 Discharge of Mortgage (B) receipt dated 17th December 1964.
Entry 1st October
1969 Bill of sale dated 1st October 1969; New owners James Nicol of
30 Alexandra Road, St Ives, Fisherman.
Entry 8th October
1969 Mortgage (C) dated 8th October 1969 to secure sums due on
account current with interest.
Forward Trust(Finance) Ltd
whose registered address is situate at 12 Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston in the City
of Birmingham
Registry Closed 1st
April 1989 under section 13(3) MSA 1988.
Except so as far as relates to
Mortgage C; 29th April 1989.
Auxilairy Motor Twin Screw
Built Newlyn 1919; J Peake,
Newlyn
One deck; two masts; Lugger;
Elliptical stern; Carvel Built
Straight Stem; Wood Fishing
Vessel; Three bulkheads
Boatswain’s store below deck,
forward.
Engine Tonnage below upper
deck 7.23 t
Boatswain’s Store 1.16 t
Space for Propelling Power
12.65 t
Two Engines Internal combustion
diesel direct acting vertical.
Length 48 ft; Breadth 14.9 ft;
Depth 6.3 ft
Length of Engine Room 10.2
Round of Beam 0.39 ft
1936 Engines Petters Ltd, Loughborough
Two Cylinders 7 inches; 8.5 inch stroke; 36 bhp
1948 Engines R A Lister Ltd,
Dursley
Six Cylinders 4.5 inches; 5.5 inch stroke; 60 bhp
1953 Engines Beagius Co Ltd
Dobbies Roan Glasgow
Two Cylinders 6 inches; 9 inch stroke; 44 bhp
Estimated speed 8 knots.
Raymond Forward