After serving on the Nab and Would stations, the ship spent its later career mostly as the Brake. The ship sank in 1929 after a collision with the liner City of York. Raised and repaired, it continued on the Brake station until it suffered another collision in 1940. Its last service as the Gull was quite brief. In 1946 it was sold as the club ship of the Thurrock Yacht Club at Grays. After the clubhouse was moved onshore the ship did not find another use. Beached on the Thames next to the club, it has been vandalized repeatedly and is now in a state of collapse.
Author of the photo: Larry Myhre