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Registration number
1011
Status
Archived
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Previous names
- 2016 Christina Lynn
- 1924 - 1960 United
- 1960 - 1980 Eric Brown
Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Pilot Vessel
Location
Unknown
Vessel type
Pilot Cutter
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Unknown
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Worfolk Bros, Kings Lynn
Built in
1924
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Gaff Cutter
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Sail
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
12.98 feet
(3.96m)
Depth
5.00 feet
(1.53m)
Length: Overall
47.54 feet
(14.50m)
Tonnage: Gross
25.00
History
Originally built in 1924 by Worfolk Brothers of King's Lynn as a pilot cutter, CHRISTINA LYNN has a carvel built hull of oak frames, Archangel redwood planking and pitch pine decks. She was cutter rigged with gaff and sprit sails. Her current engine is an inboard diesel made by Gardner in 1970, model 180 LXB, 6 cy, 180 bhp. She was in use as a pilot boat in King's Lynn until the 1960s and was then used for buoy laying for the Conservancy Board. In the 1970s she was converted to a prawn fishing boat and, in 1983, was bought by Paul Fitzgerald who gave her to her present owner in 1987. She was restored and re-launched in 1995, her restoration being aided by Bill Worfolk, her original builder, who was then 99 years old.
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