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SB '' Marjorie'' is a 56-ton wooden 
Thames sailing barge
A Thames sailing barge is a type of commercial sailing boat once common on the River Thames in London. The flat-bottomed barges with a shallow draught and leeboards, were perfectly adapted to the Thames Estuary, with its shallow waters and narr ...
, built by Orvis at Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...
, Suffolk, England in 1898 for R. & W. Paul Ltd. She was used to carry various cargoes on the London River and along the Channel.
See also
*Thames Sailing Barge Match
The Thames Sailing Barge Match is the second oldest sailing race in the world, beaten only by the America's Cup. It starts off Stanford-le-Hope and finishes off the Three Daws public house in Gravesend, Kent, Gravesend on the River Thames, London R ...
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*Damage caused by accident during 2008 Swale match * Thames sailing barges 1898 ships Individual sailing vessels Transport on the River Thames Sailing ships of the United Kingdom {{Merchantship-stub