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Registration number
3484
Status
Archived
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Previous names
- Slarnge Va II
Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Tarbert
Vessel type
Ketch
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Weatherhead, William & Son, Cockenzie
Built in
1938
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Bermudan Ketch
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
34.00 feet
(10.36m)
Breadth: Beam
12.33 feet
(3.76m)
Depth
5.50 feet
(1.68m)
Tonnage: Gross
12.00
History
SLAINTE MHATH II is a Bermuda Ketch motor sailer built in 1938 by William Weatherhead of Cockenzie and is a vessel of redwood construction with a Ford 6D Sabre engine. Aboard there is a plaque stating the vessel served with the Royal Navy from 1939 to 1945. Owned by Mr Henry J Foster, owned her from approx 1968 to 1993. The present owner has carried out extensive renovations and the vessel is now structurally sound.
A short film of the vessel cruising the Mediterranean in the 1960s in available to watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTi_W_-j6iQ
We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.
Key dates
-
1938
Built by W Weatherhead & Son
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