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TESS OF TEIGN
Type/Class Sail > West Channel One Design (5t)
Designer: F. C. Morgan Giles
Builder: Morgan Giles Ltd
Year: 1947
Ship statusRegistered
Yard NumberUnknown at present
Original Sail NumberW8
Home PortCurrently ashore at Plymouth
Known History
We understand that TESS OF TEIGN now has a new owner and is undergoing restoration in the Plymouth area. The new owner hopes to be sailing her in the Exe estuary in 2021.
ConstructionMahogany on Oak
LOA8.03m (26ft 4ins)
LWLTo be updated
Beam2.13m (7ft)
Draft 1.37m (4ft 6ins)
Displacement3.69 (Registered tonnage)
Thames Tonnage5 tons
OwnerAnonymous
Previous Ownership
Cdr. Sam L Purkis & Gordon SW Marshall
Dick & Jonathan Trafford 1953 - 1960
John Sutton of Topsham 1960 - 1968
Leslie Marshall, Eric Frith & Edmund Buckingham 1968 - 1971
Leslie Stannah of Old Bosham 1971 - 1979
Stephen Barker of Emsworth & Antony Robinson of Chichester 1979 - 1979
Ralph & Roland Smith of Wokingham 1979 - 1990
Steve & Amanda Hancox 1990 - 2018
John Smallwood - 2018 - 2020
Tess of Teign now has a new owner - 2020
