The Barnet usually tied up on the Albert Pier. One evening in a storm, at high tide, the force of the wind broke the moorings and she drifted across the harbour to get a severe battering on the wall in front of the Gasworks.
Great excitement, but in the event, I think, no real damage was done. However the sound of the ship grinding against the quay I remember to this day.
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