Registration number 2442
Status Registered
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FenGuide - starboard view, as Wisbech Pilot?
FenGuide - as Wisbech Pilot, port side view
FenGuide - being lifted
FenGuide - underway, starboard view

Previous names

  • Wisbech Pilot

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Pilot Vessel
Location Waldringfield
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Built in 1930
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Inboard diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
10.00 feet (3.05m)
Depth
5.00 feet (1.53m)
Length: Overall
36.00 feet (10.98m)

History

FENGUIDE was built in 1930 for the Wisbech council as a pilot vessel. She served the council from 1930 until 1981, when she was only partially retired. Her name was changed from WISBECH PILOT to FENGUIDE when she retired, which was to reflect her former faithful services to the mariners of that area. After 1981, she was then re-engined and had the wheelhouse moved from centre to aft. Her primary use was for fishing out of Kings Lynn until she was bought and taken to London. She was sold in 2006 and trailered to North Devon as she was not fit for the passage at the time. Since then, quite a lot of restoration work has been undertaken including some redecking, lots of new hull planking, new coach roof and wheelhouse, a complete engine rebuild and fitting her out belowdecks for living. She has also been given a reasonable sail area as a gaff ketch.

Key dates

  • 1930

    Built probably by Ardrossan  shipbuilders as a Pilot Vessel for Wisbech Council and called the Wisbech Pilot
  • 1930-1981

    Served as a Pilot Vessel
  • 1981

    Re-engined with a Perkins diesel 4236 engine and renamed ‘FenGuide’.  She had the wheelhouse moved from centre to aft and was used for fishing out of Kings lynn until she was bought and moved to London where she made a few passages to and from the South Coast and London
  • 2006

    Bought by present owner and trailered to North Devon where extensive work was carried out

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