Bridgwater Castle | National Historic Ships

Registration number 1008

Status Archived

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BRIDGEWATER CASTLE - stern from starboard quarter looking forward.

Previous names

1945 - 1948 MFV 973
1948 - 1955 Annie Vivian
1955 - 1956 Huntley Castle

Details

Function Naval & Military Vessel

Subfunction Patrol Boat

Location NONE

Vessel type Admiralty MFV

Archive reason Disposed

Current use None

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Blackmore, M W & Sons Ltd, Bideford

Built in 1945

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 2

Number of masts 2

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

16.26 feet (4.96m)

Depth

7.02 feet (2.14m)

Length: Overall

47.44 feet (14.47m)

Tonnage: Gross

31.00

History

Built 1945 by Blackmore & Sons at Bideford as a tender/pilot boat. Her hull is carvel built of larch planking on oak frames and she is ketch rigged. Her engine is a Ford D2703, 120 hp made in the 1970s. Her early life was as an Admiralty MFV 45 ft class and she was sold in 1948 to become the fishing vessel ANNIE VIVIAN (BM50). Renamed HUNTLEY CASTLE in 1955, she acquired the name BRIDGWATER CASTLE in 1956 when she began work as the Bridgewater Pilot Boat. In 1989 she was sold to an owner in Anglesey and used as a live-aboard boat. She subsequently sank in the Sandwich Channel and was broken up.