KATRA

UK Navy Girl-class (sisterships: AGATHA, AGNES, ALICE, AUDREY, BARBARA, BETTY, BRENDA, BRIDGET)
38 GRT, L18,6m, B5m, D2,2m (61'6"x17'x7'6")
1 scr, diesel Lister-Blackstone type ERS6MR, 502bhp-369kW, sp 10kn, bp 6,5t

A 113 AGNES
1961: Built by "P.K. Harris & Sons Ltd" at Appledore (GBR) (YN 136)
1961: delivered to the "Ministry of Defence (Port Auxiliary Service)" at London (GBr), based at Portland
1983 -23/07: To "J.P. Knight (Rochester) Ltd" at Rochester (GBR), renamed KATRA
1991: To "Alan C. Bennett & Sons Ltd" at Rochester (GBR), renamed NAJA
2003 -xx/07: laid up at Strood (GBR)
2005 -xx/04: sold to Project Redsand at Whitstable (GBR)
2005: xx/08: broke loose from moorings off Whitstable and was beached at Tankerton
2006: Sold to N.E. Murray, Queenborough
2007: broken up at Queenborough

passing Tilbury on the 22nd July 1986

(C)Bob Smith