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Previous names
- HSL 2550
Certificate no
1296
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Launch
Location
NONE
Vessel type
Harbour Service
Archive reason
Disposed
Current use
None
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
British Power Boat Co Ltd. Hythe
Built in
1942
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
17.18
feet
(5.24
m)
Depth
3.08
feet
(0.94
m)
Length: Overall
62.95
feet
(19.20
m)
Tonnage: Gross
0.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
BUCCANEER is an air sea rescue high speed launch, built by the British Powerboat Company Ltd. at Hythe in 1942. Her pennant number was HSL 2550. She served at Felixstowe, Gorlston and Leuchars among other places and was decommissioned after the Second World War. Her hull is wooden with a hard chine and whaleback and she was originally powered by three Napier Sealion engines, linked to three propellers. Subsequently, she was used as a private motor yacht. BUCCANEER was sold in the 1990s to an owner in Newcastle. She later sank and had to be destroyed.
Sources
World Ship Society British Armed Forces Small Craft Historical Society, Survivors Register (1998)
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