title: SB Adieu
text: # SB Adieu
  
  Adieu is one of seven Thames barges built between 1925 and 1930 for F W Horlock, Mistley.
  
  ## History
  
  In 1924 the Horlocks commissioned seven new steel Thames barges, of which Adieu was the fifth. Six of these ‘seven sisters’ are still afloat: Blue Mermaid was lost to a mine in World War 2. They were built at Mistley.
  
  The Horlocks steel barges- the seven sisters :
  
  | Name | Active | Built | Tons | Official no. | Current owner |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Repertor | Yes | 1924 | 69 | 145404 | David Pollock |
  | Portlight | No | 1925 | 68 | 145405 | Landbreach Ltd |
  | Xylonite | Yes | 1926 | 68 | 145408 | Tim Kent |
  | Reminder | Yes | 1929 | 79 | 161033 | Topsail Charters Ltd |
  | Adieu | Yes | 1929 | 79 | 161035 | Iolo Brooks |
  | Blue Mermaid | No | 1930 | 79 | 161038 | (destroyed) |
  | Resourceful | No | 1930 | 77 | 161039 | I & R Stubbs |
  | Ref | As of 2016 | | | | |
  