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Registration number
2444
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
St Jean Cap Ferrat
Vessel type
Motor Yacht
Archive reason
Overseas Watch List
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Thornycroft, J I & Co Ltd, Hampton
Built in
1937
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
13.00 feet
(3.97m)
Depth
5.25 feet
(1.60m)
Length: Overall
55.00 feet
(16.78m)
History
MOONYEEN is a motor cruiser of timber carvel construction with a DAF diesel engine. She was built by Thornycrofts at Hampton on Thames in 1937. She was commissioned by J Homer to be his luxury motor yacht, only to be requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1939. She made her way after the war to the Mediterranean, South of France, with the Laderman family. She was refitted in 1990 by Uve Hucke and is now based at St Jean Cap Ferrat, France.
Update, December 2023: Vessel under new ownership.
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
-
1937
Vessel built by Thornycrofts, Hampton on Thames
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