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Certificate no
1028
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Fighting Vessel
Subfunction
Landing Craft
Location
NONE
Vessel type
Fairmile 'H' Landing Craft
Archive reason
Disposed
Current use
None
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Solent Shipyards, Hamble
Built in
1943
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Unknown
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
21.38
feet
(6.52
m)
Depth
3.80
feet
(1.16
m)
Length: Overall
104.93
feet
(32.00
m)
Tonnage: Gross
0.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
VANESSA is believed to have been used in the Normandy landings during the Second World War and is thought to have been given the houseboat name of VANESSA in 1950. She has a Farimile 'D' type hull with reduced bow, 4 bow ramps and steel plating to deck, hull sides, bridge and gun positions.
Although this vessel has been disposed,we are lacking information in order to update her record. If you have any past information, please contact us.
Sources
Ross, J and Lambert G, Allied Coastal Forces of World War II, Conway Maritime Press, 1990
Key dates
-
1943/4?
Possibly built by Solent Shipyards on The Hamble, Sarisbury Green?
-
1944
Believed to have been used in the D-Day landings and /or in the Walcheren Operations
-
1944
In service as an Assault Landing Craft
-
1950
Believed to have been given the name VANESSA on conversion to houseboat
-
1990
Featured in Allied Coastal Forces of World War Two (Conway Maritime Press)
-
2001
In use as a houseboat in Bembridge Harbour, Isle of Wight
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