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Registration number
1008
Status
Archived
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Previous names
- 1945 - 1948 MFV 973
- 1948 - 1955 Annie Vivian
- 1955 - 1956 Huntley Castle
Details
Function
Fighting 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.
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