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{{Short description|Wooden barge}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2018}}
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|Ship image=File:SB Ena 8503.jpg
|Ship caption=Ena lying on the mud at Hoo, 2018
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|Ship country=United Kingdom
|Ship flag=[[File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|60px|Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]
|Ship name=Ena
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|Ship builder=McLearon, Harwich, Essex, UK
|Ship owner=*R & W Paul Ltd (1906–2001)
*Luke Deards (2001–?)
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|Ship launched=1906
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|Ship identification= *Official Number 122974
*National historic ship 199
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|Ship status=Lying in the marshes
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|Ship class=Thames sailing barge
|Ship tons burthen=73
|Ship length={{convert|88.13|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|20.6|ft|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draught={{convert|2|ft|abbr=on}}approx
|Ship hold depth={{convert|6.89|ft|abbr=on}}approx
|Ship propulsion=*Sail (1906–1948)
* Ruston diesel engine (1948–1974)
* Sail and auxiliary Gardner diesel (1974–2001)
|Ship sail plan=mulie rig sprit mainsail, topsail, mizzen, gaff rigged with boom.
|Ship capacity=150 tonnes
|Ship complement=2
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|Ship notes= Served in both World War I as an ammunition barge, and in World War II in the Dunkirk evacuation. {{sfn|Ena|199}} Focus of 2002, first series of the ''[[Salvage Squad]]''.<ref name=SS2002/>
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The '''Ena''' is a wooden [[Thames sailing barge]] constructed in [[Harwich]] in 1906 that is resting on the flats adjacent to Stargate Marina in [[Hoo St Werburgh|Hoo]], Kent. She is a notable [[Little Ships of Dunkirk|Dunkirk little ship]] reputed to have rescued 100 men.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dunkirk hero ship Ena pictured decaying at Hoo {{!}} On The Thames|url=http://onthethames.net/2017/08/14/dunkirk-hero-ship-ena-pictured-decaying-hoo/#comment-159482|website=onthethames.net|date=14 August 2017 |access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref>
In 2002, ''Ena'' was the focus of an episode of the [[Channel 4]] TV series ''[[Salvage Squad]]''.<ref name=SS2002 >{{Cite episode
|station=[[Channel 4]]
|series=[[Salvage Squad]]
|title=Thames Sailing Barge
|series-no=1
|number= 9
|date=2002
}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|bVg_tIsC5xs|title=Salvage Squad: Sailing Barge}}</ref>
==History==
The barge was built speculatively by W B McLearon at the Navy Yard slip, Harwich in 1906. R & W Paul Ltd, the grain and agricultural merchants, bought her in 1907 to use in the [[grain trade]]. This was the second barge they had bought from W B McLearon's Navy Yard, after the ''[[Thalatta (Thames barge)|Thalatta]]''. They rigged her as a mulie in their own Dock End Shipyard.{{sfn|Ena|199}}
===First World War service===
Ena served in the First World War, delivering supplies across the Channel to troops in France. Her shallow draught allowed her to operate in waters too shallow for the enemy U-boats.{{sfn|Ena|199}}
===Dunkirk evacuation===
Thirteen [[Thames sailing barge]]s made the crossing, six from R & W Paul Ltd's fleet. On the Dunkirk beaches, her crew were ordered to abandon her. She was beached but then refloated by Lt Colonel W G Mc Kay and men of the 19th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, and taken back to Kent, notable as none of them was a [[Glossary of nautical terms (M-Z)|sailorman]].{{sfn|Ena|199}}
==See also==
* [[Thalatta (Thames barge)|Thalatta]]
* [[Will (Thames barge)|''Will'' (Thames barge)]]
==References==
{{Commons category|Ena (ship, 1906)}}
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*{{cite web|title=Ena {{!}} National Historic Ships|url=http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/199/ena|website=www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk|ref={{sfnref|Ena|199}}|language=en|access-date=10 April 2018}}
{{National Historic Ships}}
{{Thames barges}}
{{Oldest surviving ships (pre-1919)}}
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[[Category:Thames sailing barges]]
[[Category:Little Ships of Dunkirk]]
[[Category:1906 ships]]
[[Category:Transport on the River Thames]]
[[Category:Sailing ships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Ships and vessels on the National Register of Historic Vessels]]
[[Category:Ships built in Harwich]]