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Registration number
79
Status
National Historic Fleet
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Previous names
- 1945 - 1955 VIC 24
Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Victualling
Location
Mallaig
Vessel type
Victualling Inshore Craft
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Dunston, Richard, Thorne
Built in
1942
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Steam
Number of engines
1
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
18.49 feet
(5.64m)
Depth
4.79 feet
(1.46m)
Length: Overall
66.85 feet
(20.39m)
Tonnage: Gross
184.00
History
ADVANCE, as VIC 24, was allocated by the Ministry of War Transport to the Ministry of Supply, from 2 December 1943 to 10 May 1943. She was then used for miscellaneous Naval duties until 31 July 1945. Ownership subsequently passed to Ross Marshall Ltd. of Greenock, who disposed of her in April 1949. She was transferred to Harwich and in 1952, it was suggested that she be refitted as a floating power-unit. However, she was again put up for disposal and, in 1956, she was handed over to W C Allan & Sons, Gillingham. She was later sold to Pounds.
The craft spent many years in Holland and was bought from Husband's yard after extensive restoration by the current owner.
Key dates
- 1942 Built in Thorne
- 1942-1945 Used as war transport and for Naval duties
- 1945 Managed by Ross Marshall, Greenock
- 1949 Transferred to Harwich
- 1956 Transferred to Gillingham
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