Sultan Venturer | National Historic Ships

Registration number 1389

Status Archived

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Previous names

1942 - 1988 HMS Sultan Venturer
1942 MFV 175
1989 - 2009 Dream Trader

Details

Function Fighting Vessel

Subfunction Patrol Boat

Location NONE

Vessel type Admiralty MFV

Archive reason Disposed

Current use None

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Curtis & Pape, Looe

Built in 1942

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

18.00 feet (5.49m)

Depth

7.90 feet (2.41m)

Length: Overall

64.46 feet (19.66m)

Tonnage: Gross

72.00

History

DREAM TRADER is an ex-Royal Navy MFV number 175, built by Curtis & Pape at Looe, Cornwall, in June 1942 and originally named HMS SULTAN VENTURER. Her hull is carvel built with larch planking on oak frames, fastened with iron nails. She has a pointed bow, with a plumb straight stem and cruiser stern. Her engine is a Gardner 8L3 diesel, with eight cylinders and 152 horsepower, installed in 1952. She became surplus to Navy requirements in 1988 and was sold into private ownership and given her current name. It is believed that she was based on the Solent for several years and, prior to that, was moored at Greenock. She has had steel plating fixed to the existing keel and new keel bolts.