HSL 376 | National Historic Ships

Registration number 41

Status National Historic Fleet

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Details

Function Fighting Vessel

Subfunction Launch

Location Chatham

Vessel type Harbour Service

Current use Museum based

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

Web address http://www.chdt.org.uk/

Construction

Builder Hancock Shipbuilding, Pembroke Dock, Wales

Built in 1944

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Steam

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Steam compound

Boiler type Scotch Return Tube

Boilermaker Rushton & Hornsby Ltd, Lincolnshire

Boiler year 1944

Boiler fuel oil

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

13.61 feet (4.15m)

Depth

5.25 feet (1.60m)

Length: Overall

53.97 feet (16.46m)

History

HSL 376 was built in 1944 by Hancock Shipbuilding of Pembroke Dock for the Royal Navy. As a Harbour Service Launch she served in Royal Naval Dockyards including latterly Portland Dockyard. She was decommissioned in 1973 and was acquired for preservation by the Maritime Trust.

She was preserved afloat in operating condition at Portsmouth until she sank at her moorings. She is currently based at the Chatham Historic Dockyard having arrived there in 1989 and is on a covered slipway.

We are currently seeking further information on this National Historic Fleet vessel. If you have any details about this vessel past or present, please contact us.

Key dates

1944
Built by Hancock Shipbuilding Co. of Pembroke Dock for the Royal Navy
1944-1973
Served as a harbour launch in various Royal Navy ports
1973
De-commissioned and preserved afloat at Portsmouth
1989
Moved to Chatham Historic Dockyard

Sources

The Funnel, Steamboat Association of Great Britain, Volume 6
Brouwer, Norman J, International Register of Historic Ships, Anthony Nelson, Edition 2, 1993
Steamboat Register: An illustrated Register of surviving steam vessels in the British Isles, Steam Boat Association of Great Britain, Edition 6, May 1994