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Registration number
1912
Status
Archived
a12admin
Previous names
- 1921 St Asaph
Details
Function
Fighting Vessel
Subfunction
Pinnace
Location
Unknown
Vessel type
Admiralty Pinnace
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Read, J, Portsmouth
Built in
1921
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Steam
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
12.50 feet
(3.81m)
Depth
3.50 feet
(1.07m)
Length: Overall
53.00 feet
(16.17m)
History
The vessel is listed in Lloyds Register of Yachts of 1951 where it clearly states it was formerly No 124. My researches at the Admiralty Library in Earls Court over 40 years ago showed that Pinnace 124 was built in 1903 by G.J. Read of Portsmouth, a man who built a large number of pinnaces and cutters for the Admiralty. It was fitted with a steam engine by Mumford of Colchester. The Admiralty sold it out of service in 1937 when it was converted into a motor yacht. In 1951 it was owned by G R Heatherington at Poole.
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Key dates
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1903
Built by G.J. Read of Portsmouth as Pinnace 124 for the Admiralty
-
1937
Sold out of service by the Admiralty and converted into a motor yacht
-
1951
Owned by G.R. Heatherington at Poole
-
1980s?
Purchased by Peter Burnet of Wadhurst, East Sussex
-
2007
Purchased by Elizabeth Murray for use as houseboat
Grants
-
2007/2008
A Sustainability Grant of ú2,600 for general repairs and new saloon was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships
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