Registration number 1870
Status Archived
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OLIVER TWIST - at mooring. Starboard side.
OLIVER TWIST - at mooring. Bow lookin aft.

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Launch
Location Unknown
Archive reason Overseas Watch List
Current use Unknown
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder British Power Boat Co Ltd. Hythe
Built in 1946
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
15.00 feet (4.58m)
Depth
5.00 feet (1.53m)
Length: Overall
51.50 feet (15.71m)
Tonnage: Gross
34.00

History

OLIVER TWIST, a general service launch, was built by the British Power Boat company and launched in 1946 at Hythe. Her first service was with the Royal Army Service Corps as a training vessel for the Royal Naval Reserve (HMS PRESIDENT, London). OLIVER TWIST was the last ship of the Dickens Class put out of service in 1996 and underwent maintenance work between 1998 and 1999.

Although this vessel is on the Overseas Watch List, we are lacking information about this particular vessel. If you have any information about this vessel, past or present, please contact us.

Key dates

  • 1946

    Vessel built by the British Power Boat Company

Sources

World Ship Society British Armed Forces Small Craft Historical Society, Survivors Register, 1998
Hall, Nick, Motor Boat and Yachting: Staying Power, pp106-9, August 1997 

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