Duenna CK492 was a 47ft Aldous smack built in 1903.

SWH (later renamed Duenna) stands for Sid, Will and Harry Myall, she was skippered by Len Trim in the 1950s. She was first registered as CK492 on the 27th November 1911 and an auxiliary engine was fitted in 1925. In the 1960s she was bought by Mr Lawrie Johns, renamed DUENNA and converted to a brigantine at Frost & Drakes boatyard.

Smack 492CK S.W.H. with a lady standing in the shrouds.
©Mersea Museum
Smack CK492 S.W.H. with stowboating gear. Date not known, but thought to be post war.
©Mersea Museum
DUENNA at Tollesbury.
©Trevor Green.
DUENNA at Woodrope Hard, Tollesbury.
©Trevor Green.
Brigantine DUENNA, formerly the smack S.W.H.
Back says “With thanks and Best Wishes to all at Frost & Drake. Julia and Lawrie”
©Mersea Museum
Duenna East Coast 1968.
©David Cade
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