Historic Vessel For Sale - Senora (Ketch rigged yacht, 1908)

Senora (Yacht, 1908)

https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/2012/senora

SENORA is a ketch rigged yacht built in 1908 by Archibald Malcolm on the Isle of Bute. She is believed to have served in both world wars. A previous owner was the former P&O Chairman, Lord Inchcape. At one time she had a 3 cylinder Gardner paraffin engine which was technically advanced for her time.

Since 2016, SENORA has been undergoing restoration by the Senora Trust in Sunderland. However, the charity will soon be wound up, and she is now available for sale, price negotiable, or transfer of ownership to a charity who will complete her restoration for community benefit. In the latter case the transfer fee will be £1, plus the costs of transporting her. 

Senora is stored under cover and has been since 2016. Her interior has been removed and preserved for re-fitting or as to be used as templates. After inspection in May 2023 by a timber expert and discussion with the national Timber experts at BMTrada, the Trust understand that re-moisturising her is a feasible operation and will close her seams. She has been inspected in April 2023 by a local expert boatbuilder and her deadwood and keel are in good condition. 

Senora is a 48’ motor ketch, from the drawing board of Alfred Mylne (1872 - 1951). Designed in 1907 and built in 1908 on the Isle of Bute by Archibald Malcolm and Co. She is a rare motor yacht by the celebrated Scots Yacht designer, whose beautiful yacht designs can be admired by visiting www.mylne.com. Senora is vessel 129 in the Mylne catalogue and vessel 2012 on the National Historic Ships Register.

Senora is elegantly built to the highest standards of material and craftsmanship, larch planking copper fastened on oak frames, canoe stern, built for speed with a beam of only 10 1/2 feet. She is ashore undercover in the Pallion Shipyard Sunderland. Her hull and spars are in good condition, her decks and coachwork need replacement as does her standing rigging. Her interior joinery was dismantled by her previous owners and the parts have been retained for reassembly. She needs a new engine.

Please see the attached PDF for a full Sales Report, prepared about a year ago. Her condition is the same.  

Please contact Kim Simpson, David Thompson, or Mark Humphrey via senoratrust@gmail.com or call 07951 544852 to find out more.