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Registration number
643
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Fighting Vessel
Subfunction
Pinnace
Location
Ramsgate
Vessel type
Naval Pinnace
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Admiralty, Portsmouth
Built in
1937
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Bermudan Ketch
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
12.10 feet
(3.69m)
Depth
4.59 feet
(1.40m)
Length: Overall
41.97 feet
(12.80m)
Tonnage: Gross
20.00
History
When LAMOUETTE was launched in Portsmouth in 1937 as a naval pinnace built after the design of a Norwegian whaler, she served as an Admiral's Barge. She took part in the Dunkirk evacuation where she lost her dinghy which later had to be replaced at a cost of £8.10s.
When her pre-war owners did not claim her after 1946, she was bought by Marshal Hayes, an engineer, who used her as a home when work caused him to move to the south of England. She was a comfortable home with calor gas lighting and an anthracite stove for winter.
Her present owner has owned her since 1964.
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
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1937
Launched in Portsmouth and served as an Admiral’s barge
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1939
Registered with new owners based on the Thames
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1940
Took part in Dunkirk evacuation and lost her dinghy
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1946
Pre-war owners never reclaimed the vessel, so she was sold into private ownership and used as a houseboat
-
1990
Took part in 50th anniversary Return to Dunkirk as a founder member of the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships
Sources
Brann, Christian, The Little Ships of Dunkirk: 1940-1990, Collectors Books Ltd, 1989
Classic Boat: St George's Crossing, August 2000
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