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Registration number
1449
Status
Registered
a12admin
Previous names
- 1938 - 1971 HLD 3819
Details
Function
Fighting Vessel
Subfunction
Pinnace
Location
gillingham
Vessel type
Admiralty Pinnace
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Admiralty, Place Unknown
Built in
1938
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
12.00 feet
(3.66m)
Depth
5.51 feet
(1.68m)
Length: Overall
52.46 feet
(16.00m)
History
FIONA B is an Admiralty harbour service launch, built in 1938. Her hull is of double diagonal mahogany planking on oak frames, and is copper sheathed. She has riveted steel bulkheads, a superstructure, a pointed bow with a plumb straight stem, and a transom stern. Her current engine is a Cummins NH252 diesel, with six cylinders and 250 brake horsepower. She is believed to have been stationed at HMS DOLPHIN in Portsmouth and may well have taken part in the evacuation from the Dunkirk beaches in 1940. From 1971 to 1978, the vessel was based on the River Tyne. She was then moved to Hartlepool until 1984 when she returned to the Tyne.
Currently located in the Medway town of Hoo, the vessel has been converted to a liveaboard by her current owner.
Key dates
-
1938
Built by an unknown builder as a Pinnace (Harbour Service Launch) for the Admiralty
-
1938-71
Stationed at HMS Dolphin, Portsmouth
-
1940
She was thought to be at Dunkirk for the evacuation
-
1971
Sold to owner on the River Tyne
-
1978
Sold to an owner in Hartlepool
-
1984
Sold to present owners on the River Tyne
-
2016
Vessel is at Friar’s Goose Watersports Club, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear in reasonable condition being restored
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