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 The last of the steam yachts lying in the River Colne in the late 1920s - MEDEA and VITA (right). [Although the article identifies the left yacht as MEDEA, it does not look like the 1904 MEDEA].

MEDEA was built A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, 1904. Official No. 119160. Ex CORNEILLE, ex MEDEA. Owner J.L. Wild, registered Glasgow.

1971 she was donated to San Diego Maritime Museum. See ...
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The last of the steam yachts lying in the River Colne in the late 1920s - MEDEA and VITA (right). [Although the article identifies the left yacht as MEDEA, it does not look like the 1904 MEDEA].
MEDEA was built A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, 1904. Official No. 119160. Ex CORNEILLE, ex MEDEA. Owner J.L. Wild, registered Glasgow.
1971 she was donated to San Diego Maritime Museum. See http://www.sdmaritime.com for a more detailed history.
VITA built Fried Krupp G'rmaniawerft, 1931. Official No. 163634 ex ARGOSY. 2 Oil Engines. Owner T.O.M. Sopwith. [LRY 1935]
T.O.M. Sopwith bought ARGOSY in 1934 and renamed her VITA. She was sold 1937, in the US Navy in WW2, became ABRIL, SATIRA and worked as a ferry under the name SANTA MARIA DEL MARE. In 2009 she had been extensively rebuilt in Italy and was going to be a charter yacht [various web sources].
There is a detailed history of this vessel and its adventures in World Ship Society Marine News October 2011.
Photo from Essex Countryside December 1963.
Date: c1929      


Photo: Douglas Went
Image ID EC63_12_087_002
Category 1 Yachts and yachting-->Steam
Category 2 Places-->Brightlingsea
Category 3 Yachts and yachting-->Motor


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This image is part of the Mersea Museum Collection.