Ardwina was the last wooden Thames barge to be built in Ipswich.

[1] She is still sailing in 2018, based at St Katherine Docks, and regularly passes under Tower Bridge.

The Ardwina sailed for many years out of Grays, working for Goldsmith's.

On another occasion she was demasted in the channel, the crew were taken off and she was put on tow.

[6] Following a further accident in the Thames she was bought and converted into a barge yacht.