SB Jumbo

Masons probably had Jumbo from new in 1883. Shipping movement records show Jumbo with Brooks as the master in London in August 1888 and Quantrill in 1900. Whether or not she was sold with the rest of the fleet to Cranfields is uncertain but by 1916 she was registered with the Cotton Powder Co., City, London.

War Service

In World War Two Jumbo was employed as a ‘Degaussing Mobile Wiping Unit’ at Harwich in 1942, at which time she would have been sixty years old. Her partner was Torchbearer, earlier known as Bluebell. Degaussing was applied to reduce ships’ magnetic signatures and vulnerability to mines during the conflict¹Degaussing – www.harwichanddovercourt.co.uk.

The eventual fate of Jumbo is unknown. There was another Jumbo but it was a lifting barge., 

Summary

Name: Jumbo, Main trade: Cement, Port of Registry: London, Off. No.: 85141, Tonnage: 50, Where built: Brentford, Builder: When built: 1882, Owners: 1916 Cotton Powder Co., City, London,

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  Degaussing – www.harwichanddovercourt.co.uk