Shahjehan | National Historic Ships

Registration number 1408

Status Archived

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Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location Unknown

Vessel type Yacht - Pleasure

Archive reason More information required

Current use Unknown

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Wandsworth Boatyard, London

Built in 1903

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Number of masts 2

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

10.00 feet (3.04m)

Depth

4.59 feet (1.40m)

Length: Overall

40.16 feet (12.25m)

Tonnage: Gross

15.00

History

SHAHJEHAN is a motor yacht built circa 1903 by the Wandsworth Boatyard at Wandsworth. She was registered in London and her official number was 161269. She was transferred from the Admiralty into private ownership. The current engine is a Lister Blackstone Freedom, with six cylinders and sixty horsepower, made in 1960. She has recently been redecked using 100 year old reclaimed pine and the owner has also fitted new sails and 8 new planks to her starboard side.

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