The Greta
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Greta by Richard Law as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
The Greta
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 17 Aug 2014
Sailing Barge 'Greta' - originally built in 1892 in Brightlingsea, and first employed as a barge to carry grain, brewing malt and aggregates. She was re-fitted after the 1945 war, having carried munitions from a depot at Rochester to ships in the Thames estuary, and assisted with the evacuations at Dunkirk in 1940, which makes her the oldest remaining Dunkirk Little Ship. Nearly broken up for scrap in the 1960s, it was realised that she was in good enough condition to warrant a restoration in the 1980s and now operates pleasure trips around the Thames estuary from Whitstable harbour.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.363001
Longitude
1.027532