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Registration number
296
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Location
Totnes
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
Yes
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Giles, Morgan, Teignmouth
Built in
1924
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
9.00 feet
(2.75m)
Depth
3.50 feet
(1.07m)
Length: Overall
40.00 feet
(12.20m)
History
Built in 1924, LADY CABLE is a passenger vessel with a capacity for 42 passengers. She is based at Torquay and cruises to Brixham and on the River Dart. By 1936 she had been sold to C. & N. Mott of Torquay and was the only boat to go from there to Dunkirk during the World War II evacuation. She was bought by her new owners in 1987. In August 2008, LADY CABLE was donated to the Turning Point Maritime Trust and following a full restoration at Bobby Cann's yard in Totnes, she was to be used for educational heritage trips.
Grants
-
Jan 2014
A Sustainability Award of £850 towards the costs of sails was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK. This was later withdrawn
Sources
Brann, Christian, The Little Ships of Dunkirk: 1940-1990, Collectors Books Ltd, 1989
Hamer, Geoffrey, Trip Out 1995/6 - A Guide to the Passenger Boat Services of the British Isles, G P Hamer, 1995
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