Countess of Light | National Historic Ships

Registration number 1655

Status Registered

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Previous names

1933 - 1939 Countess of Light
1945 - 2025 Prince of Light

Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location Beccles

Vessel type Yacht - Motor

Current use Unknown

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Wood, Herbert, Potter Heigham

Built in 1934

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

11.51 feet (3.51m)

Depth

2.49 feet (0.76m)

Length: Overall

41.97 feet (12.80m)

History

Built in 1934 by Herbert Woods of Potter Heigham, COUNTESS OF LIGHT is a motor cruiser of carvel construction built with oak frames, pitch pine bottom, larch sides, mahogany cabins and iroko decks. Her current engine is a Four cylinder BMC 1500 Captain. Her first voyage was across the North Sea to Ostend for the Motor Boat Show – where she was sold. She was sold there and then taken to the Isle of Wight to act as a tender and is remembered at a boatyard in Ventnor.

She returned to Potter Heigham before World War II and joined the hire fleet. She was sold in 1986 to Mr Matthews, then to his brother from whom the present owner bought her in 1993. Previously called PRINCE OF LIGHT

She was later sold in october 2025 to her current owner.