Prince of Light | National Historic Ships

Registration number 1655

Status Archived

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PRINCE OF LIGHT - underway and in use as a wedding boat.

PRINCE OF LIGHT - hauled out. Port bow looking aft. Ref:

PRINCE OF LIGHT - interior looking forward.

PRINCE OF LIGHT - at mooring. Starboard side. The wheelhouse side is dropped on 'sash window' type weights.

Previous names

1933 - 1939 Countess of Light

Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location Unknown

Vessel type Yacht - Motor

Archive reason More information required

Current use Unknown

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

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, PRINCE 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.

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