Remus, Languishing…
Languishing, lingering and leprous,
Remus was licked of its livery by a lurid
North Sea as it lolled and leaned
Upon Brancaster Staithe.
And it loitered…
Tarred, tarnished and toiling,
F7 was tormented in its turmoil by a tidal
North Sea as it tilted and tossed
Upon Brancaster Staithe.
And it teetered…
Beached, bled and baulked,
Remus F7, was battered at its berth by a belligerent
North Sea as it bothered and bobbed
Upon Brancaster Staithe.
And it blundered…
A shell, a hulk, an empty vessel encumbered,
The trawler was devoid of life, or soul;
At anchor, tied fast, its days were numbered,
To shoals of sprats a ghost boat, a maritime ghoul…
Pete Ray
June 2020
My images of Remus (registered F7 in Faversham as a trawler) were taken in 2012.
It was built along with sister vessels Romulus (F6) and Faustulus (F21) in the 1950s in Whitstable by RJ Perkins for the Leggatt family who generally fished for sprats.
It lay doomed on Brancaster Staithe in 2012, either deteriorating in the tidal waters or lying helpless like a marooned World War tank in the considerable low-tide mud…
I loved the boat…
Derek Cox’s picture of Remus in acrylic ink is a fine memorial…
More images from the Staithe appear below...
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