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BLACK FOX, owned by Captain Barne, DSO, RN. He was a member of Scott's expedition to South Pole & lived in the Lane. Sidney Mussett's grandfather Tom Mole was cook and steward aboard her in 1956 or 1957. [Records show Captain Michael Barne's wife Margaret in the Lane 1936 and 1939, but but the 1939 Register, she is at the Mill in Birch. They do not show Michael Barne in ... Cat1 Ships and Boats-->Merchant -->Sailing Cat2 Families-->Mussett Cat3 Families-->Mole

BLACK FOX, owned by Captain Barne, DSO, RN. He was a member of Scott's expedition to South Pole & lived in the Lane. Sidney Mussett's grandfather Tom Mole was cook and steward aboard her in 1956 or 1957.
[Records show Captain Michael Barne's wife Margaret in the Lane 1936 and 1939, but but the 1939 Register, she is at the Mill in Birch. They do not show Michael Barne in Mersea].

She was acquired by the Irish family who had been living on houseboat VERA - probably early 1960s and they sailed away, hopefully for some exotic destination. However, she took in water. She was sold to a French film company, who sank her making a film.


Photo: Owen Fletcher Collection
Image ID FL07_054_001
Category 1 Ships and Boats-->Merchant -->Sailing
Category 2 Families-->Mussett
Category 3 Families-->Mole


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This image is part of the Mersea Museum Collection.