A BOAT which was dubbed the 'Burnham Titanic' after capsizing in the town has gone up for sale.
The Llys Helig was built in 1922 and has gone through a wide range of uses in her century-long history.
After passing through a number of residential owners she took on water in March 2017 while moored at Burnham and capsized, slowly filling with mud.
She was bought by a new owner and refloated in 2020.
The current owner is now selling the vessel for £100,000.
Many of the Llys Helig's houseboat additions have been removed.
She was commissioned from the famous shipbuilders Thornycroft in Southampton shortly after the First World War.
When first launched in 1922 she was a state-of-the-art vessel and one of the fastest of her type, with a top speed of 15 knots.
Original owner W E Corlett was a Liverpool lawyer and chairman of the Higsons Brewing company.
He kept the boat in Conwy harbour for more than 40 years and used her for day trips around the west coast to Ireland and Scotland.
From the 1960s she had a series of owners, cruising the Mediterranean out of the French port of Cannes under the name of Les Autres and then Turkey as Siskebab III.
She came to Burnham more than 20 years ago under the ownership of Malcolm Pool, the boss of pirate radio station Radio Caroline.
According to a listing for the boat's sale, the Llys Helig is now in a dry dock on the River Roach, ready for a complete restoration.
However, she will require extensive repair work, including replating to reach the point where the Llys Helig is safe to float.
Burnham-on-Crouch Town Council has been approached for comment.
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