Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships


Ship:      CEDAR BRANCH
Arrived:14 April 1931
Departed:16 June 1932
Career:Ritson's Branch Line. Sold to A. Lusi, London and renamed AENOS - 1932. Sunk by submarine U-38 59.00N 13.00W 17th October 1940.
Arrived as CEDAR BRANCH 2 Jan 1931 [ George Swieszkowski ]
Oyster Company ledger uses arrival 14 Apr 1931. From 1 June 1932 she appears as AENOS.

14 April 1931 arrived Tollesbury from London [Liverpool Journal of Commerce 15 April 1931 / BNA].
19 June 1932 AENOS arrived River Tyne from Tollesbury [Liverpool Journal of Commerce 21 Jun 1932 / BNA]

"Haven of Rest" by Douglas Gurton lists vessel but has no further info. See DJG_SHP

Essex Chronicle 8 May 1931 describes her as having 'three masts and bows similar to those of a schooner'.

Tonnage:3,554 gross
Built:1910
Type:Cargo ship
Owner:F. & W. Ritson
Official No:123970
ID1123970

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