Nautilus

We have a reference to Nautilus in the Waller Coprolite accounts.

Waller accounts 1880 Nautilus Freight payment From Suffolk Record Office)

Later on, apparently, Nautilus settled on a post up by Woodbridge in the 1920s and since the post was described as the best piece of timber in her we can assume that she was in poor shape by then. Shortly afterwards in 1928 she was purchased by the Skinners, possibly for the coal trade but was then sold again  and converted to a yacht then houseboat  in 1935.

Here’s a 1930s drawing of her from Yachting Monthly published “Sailing Barges”[foot]B10 Sailing Barges  – Frank G.G.Carr 1931[/foot] presumably relating to her conversion to a yacht.  She is believed to have been kept on the Deben so photos may exist somewhere in the area.

Plan of Nautilus in Yachting Monthly from Sailing Barges F.G.G.Carr

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A series of models of Nautilus have been made for an american model magazine by W.Mowll as shown in the photo below. The model shows wheel steering although in the Coprolite era she is likely to have had tiller steering.

Model SB Nautilus made by William Mowll

Nautilus of Ipswich, Reg. No. 58539

Ipswich Ref: 07/1870.

b. 11/1870 at Ipswich for Henry Woods Packard 48/64s & William Bell 16/64s, Ipswich. 56 GRT. 50 Net Reg Tons. Spritsail rigged, Owners include: 6/1895 Sold to Henry Woods Packard & Edward Packard jointly, Ipswich. 10/1895 Sold to Edward Packard & Co. Ltd, Ipswich. Managing owner (1922) was John E Lankester of 44 Murray Road, Ipswich. Yacht conversion 1935, berthed on the River Deben, latterly used as a house barge. Laid up, then burnt, at Pin Mill circa 1950. Ipswich Register: MNL 1893: MNL 1899: MNL 1916: Down Tops�l: Sailing Barges: Us Bargemen: Last Berth: Source:SSBR