On the night of the Great Storm of 1953 - the night the tide came in and did n't go out , '' Kathleen '' was on the slipway at Anderson , Rigden and Perkins yard , Island Wall , Whitstable . She was washed up and demolished the slipway and many buildings in the shipyard , ending up at right angles to the slip , A special temporary slip had to be built in order to launch her again
Great Storm of 1953
North Sea flood of 1953
SB Kathleen