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Mate of the Caprice

In the 1930s, hundreds of barges sailed the crowded waters of the Thames estuary carrying up to 100 tons of every sort of cargo – wheat and barley, coal, gun powder, cement and gravel. These remarkable craft were worked by a crew of two – skipper and mate. Here, the shipmate tells his story.

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