Registration number 1831
Status Archived
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Details

Function Fighting Vessel
Subfunction Pinnace
Location Kissamos
Vessel type Admiralty Pinnace
Archive reason Overseas Watch List
Current use Unknown
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Rutherford, Birkenhead
Built in 1943
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
11.85 feet (3.61m)
Depth
4.00 feet (1.22m)
Length: Overall
52.40 feet (15.98m)
Tonnage: Gross
20.00

History

BLACK BEAUTY is an ex naval pinnace, built by Rutherfords of Birkenhead in 1943.

Sold to her new owners beached her and turned into a bar feature! she lies just outside Kissamos on the island of Crete Greece.

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14443270

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