BETTY CK145

built 1906 at the shipyard of Robert Aldous in Brightlingsea/Essex, Southeast England; first owner became Mr. French, Mersea, GBR; catching of oysters and cargo vessel until 1965 in Essex,English waters, registered in Colchester, GBR, registered number CK145.

• until the early 1960s used for fishing moules for Roy Leslie, Southend, used without mast and sails with an engine, later left in the mud of the Barking Creek.

• 1965 bought by a new owner Ray Riley from Wivenhoe, GBR, who restored the ship and converted her step by step from a sailing vessel to a ship for entertainment.

• 1979 sold to Hamburg-Finkenwerder on the river Elbe/Germany, additional restorational work and rebuilding of the indoor equipment, owners were Dr. Jürgen Zippel, Dr. Gerhardt Wulf, Peter Cordes, Joachim Kähne, sailed voyages in the Baltic Sea.

• 1982 installation of the new engine (Volvo), renewal of part of the hull, electrics at the Behrens shipyard in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, GER; 1989 comple restore of the stern; 1992 new deck planks and deck frames, new sails, 1999 new planks and rigging.

• 2002 sold to Jan Holthusen and overhauled in Brightlingsea, England.

• 2003 general overhaul of the engine in Holland and new topmast.

• 2004 damaged after grounding in the mouth of the river Canche, FRA, after repair in Tholen on Zeeland, NL return to Hamburg over the channels and rivers.

• auctioned and sold in the Netherlands in 2024.