Launched in 1882, Ellen is a 17ft Gorran Haven Crabber. She was built by Dick Pill for the Willmott Family and is reputed to be the fastest Gorran Haven Crabber ever built.
She is the sole survivor from this era.
Her lines and spritsail rig are specific to Gorran Haven. They were designed to fish off the beach and kept inside the small tidal harbour on the south coast of Cornwall.
By 1900, she was being fished by the Billings brothers, Dick and Andrew, who consequently moved her to Flushing as there were too many crabbers working out of Gorran Haven!
Owned by the Cornish Maritime Trust and sailed by members
