Name of Vessel in Fowey Cannis - Fowey Harbour

Name of Vessel
in Fowey
Previous Names
Year Built
Builders
Engines
No. 7 in
1953
Rochester
Dimensions
Owners Built for
History Before Coming to
Fowey
Owners in Fowey
History on Leaving Fowey
Official
Number
IMO
184230
6418194
Cannis
Enticette
G.R.T.
Richard Dunstone Ltd ,Thorne YN 862
Length
80’
600 bhp Crossley CRL-4/25
diesel
Beam
19’6”
Bollard pull
90.5
Draft
10’6”
7.5 tons
London and Rochester Trading Co,
Rochester, Kent
Year
1953
9- 04-1964
October 1995
Depart 1996
Operated in Medway and
Thames
Fowey Harbour
commissioners
Masters Fletcher Hunkin
Graham Nolan
Sold to
William Barbour, Enfield
To Stan Ferguson
(Ardmaleish Boatyard) at
Rothesay, Isle of Bute
(GBR)

1995
1995
1996
199x
2001 -xx/04
Sept 2001
To William Barbour at
Enfield, London (GBR
To T. Hooper at Dunoon,
Kent (GBR)
To Stan Ferguson at
Rothesay (Isle of Bute)
(GBR)
To Terry Hooper at
Dunoon, Scotland (GBR)
To Jacob Lane at
Beaford, Devon (GBR)
To Randy and Sue
Northop at Bristol (GBR),
engine removed,
converted to a houseboat
in Bristol City Docks

PICTURES
As Enticette on the River Medway in about 1960
Cannis in 1986

Cannis on The Harbour Commissioners Slipway at Brazen Island In 1985.
Ready for launching after annual slipping
On slipway coat of primer applied ready for anti-fouling

Four bladed propeller
Waiting in the Harbour Mouth for an incoming ship

Cannis as Bow tug turning the m.v. Basil In the swing ground in
the lower harbour before acting as drag tug for tow stern first to berth
Cannis in Lower Harbour. Graham Nolan and Chris Palmer on Deck

Cannis doing the job of Drag tug steering the Ship through narrows
off Bodinnick into Lew Roads. Hunkins Boatyard (now Williams) in back
Ground
Cannis towing a dredging barge the dump ground off Lantic Bay. In addition
to the tugs crew of 4 the barge had 2 crew on board to operate the
bottom opening doors which were opened on the signal of blowing the tugs
whistle. The crew then manually shut the doors on the return trip

towing barge to dumping ground

Turning ship in lower harbour swing ground.
bow tug in lower harbour

Cannis as bow tug
on mooring in the entrance to Pont Pill

Rabros May 1990 from No 8 jetty
with sisters Gribbin Head and Tregeagle

The Engine Room
Engine room valves and gauges
Engine room controls

BILL BROWN engineer
Graham Nolan splicing tow ropes on aft deck

Fast for’d ready to turn m.v. Castor in swing ground. Ken Stewart as deck
Hand
Steering wheel , bridge telegraph and rudder indicator

Graham Nolan at the Helm watching aft with hand on voice pipe to
engine room
Looking from aft towards wheelhouse, funnel and liferaft

In Lew roads off Bodinnick
With Gribbin Head and Tregeagle

Celebrating dressed overall
Swinging a Finncarriers ship in the swing ground with Gribbin Head
Waiting for a ship in the harbour mouth

Heading back in to the Harbour
Taking m.v. Pollux back to No8 Layby berth
Turning the “Pollux” in the swing ground

Certificate of Registration for Cannis In Fowey

Cannis moored ahead of S.S. Great Britain in Bristol Docks in 2002 moored
at Abels Yard
In different colours, hull black and topsides white

Port side of Cannis being converted into a House boat
After deck with awning covering engine room hatch. Red and black funnel

the engine room as it is now
The present Gardner engine with model railway over it

Still registered in Fowey