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ATamar barge is a masted sailing vessel, designed for carrying cargo along theRiver Tamar^[1] and the south coast ofCornwall.

The Tamar barge can be either a single or double masted vessel. It can carry up to 32 tonnes. Tamar barges were manufactured in the 19th century in theTamar Valley by boatbuilders such as James Goss ofCalstock, Frederick Hawke ofStonehouse, Plymouth and David Banks of Queen Anne’s Battery in Sutton Harbour,Plymouth.^{[citation needed]}

There are only two surviving Tamar barges, both have been almost completely restored. Normally one,Shamrock, is open to visitors atCotehele Quay^[2] and the other,Lynher, is privately owned and moored atCremyll.

Shamrock is currently undergoing extensive repairs due to lack of maintenance which had led to mould and rot spreading throughout the timbers. TheNational Trust has launched a fundraising campaign to pay for the repairs to the historic vessel.^[3]

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Vessel	Image	Length	Sail Plan	Builder	Date	Place	Fate	Ref
Annie		55.7 ft	Cutter	Frederick Hawke	1899	Stonehouse, Plymouth	Abandoned at Hooe Lake	[4]
Bertie		46.2 ft	Sloop	David Banks and Co.	1883	Queen Annes Battery, Plymouth	Abandoned in 1928 at Hooe Lake	[5]
Commerce		Unknown	Cutter	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[6]
Edith		54.9 ft	Cutter	Unknown	c1890	Unknown	Unknown	[6]
Edward & Sarah		Unknown	Cutter	Edward Brooming	Unknown	Calstock, Devon	Unknown	[7][8]
Edwin		55.1 ft	Unknown	Richard Hill & Sons	1880	Cattedown, Plymouth	Abandoned in 1924, partly broken up, at Pomphlett Creek	[9]
Elizabeth Jane		Unknown	Cutter	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Abandoned atAntony Passage	[10]
Flora May		50.5 ft	Cutter	Frederick Hawke	1897	Stonehouse, Plymouth	Operated between Danescombe Quay andPlymouth Later abandoned at Saltash	[11]
Gwendoline		Unknown	Unknown	David Banks and Co.	1894	Queen Annes Battery, Plymouth	Unknown	[12]
Kate		54 ft	Cutter	Frederick Hawke	1885	Stonehouse, Plymouth	Unknown	[13]
Lillie		55 ft	Sloop	James Goss	1899	Calstock, Devon	Unknown	[14][8]
Industry		40 ft	Sloop	Edward Brooming	1880	Calstock, Devon	Unknown	[15]
Lynher		51.2 ft	Cutter	James Goss	1896	Calstock, Devon	Abandoned in the 1950s at Poldrissick Quay Restored in 1999 byCharlie Force Currently Operational	[16]
Martin		Unknown	Cutter	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[6]
Mayblossom		Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	1894	Plymouth	Unknown	[12]
Myrtle		50 ft	Sloop	Robert May	1896	Danescombe Quay, Calstock, Cornwall	Bomded by theLuftwaffe during thePlymouth Blitz, sank in theHamoaze, next toDevonport Naval Base.	[17][12]
Pearl		52 ft	Cutter	Frederick Hawke	1896	Stonehouse, Plymouth	Abandoned at Hooe Lake	[18]
Phoenix		51.9 ft	Cutter	Frederick Hawke	1900	Stonehouse, Plymouth	Unknown	[19]
Reaper		Unknown	Unknown	Frederick Hawke	c1900	Stonehouse, Plymouth	Unknown	[20]
Shamrock		57.5 ft	Ketch	Frederick Hawke	1899	Stonehouse, Plymouth	Abandoned in the 1960’s at Hooe Lake Restored in 1975 by theNational Trust Currently a Floating Museum	[21]
Secret		Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[12]
Sirdar		Unknown	Cutter	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	[6]
Triumph		56.5 ft	Cutter	Frederick Hawke	1898	Stonehouse, Plymouth	Used in WWII, later abandoned at Poldrissick Quay	[22]
Yealm		Unknown	Unknown	Moore	1878	Sutton Pool, Plymouth	Unknown	[13]

• Shamrock, built in 1899 by Frederick Hawke.
• Lynher, built in 1896 by James Goss. Ship of theNational Historic Fleet^[23]

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• "Meet Shaune Blight"National Trust Magazine; summer 2019, p. 82 ("Shamrock, the last working ketch-rigged Tamar sailing barge to be built ... [he] is responsible for keeping the 120-year-old boat afloat")
• "Lord John Roberts; Site Report"Forgotten Wrecks of the First World War (2018)

• Calstock History
• National Trust Cotehele Quay
• Shamrock, Cotehele

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