Name Firefay

FIREFAY was one of many boats built by William Fife III for E S Parker, the well known Clyde yachtsman and treasurer of the R.Y.A.  From Lloyds list she was always named Fire Fay Official Registration No 146309.  She was Fifes yard number 697 and according to their list built 1922. Its believed chief builder of Fire Fay was Stewart Macaulay who was builder of clinker craft at Fifes at the time.  Mr Parker had five Fife-built 6 metre yachts and he represented Great Britain in the 1928 British America's Cup races.  FIREFAY was designed as a tender for these metre boats.  She also served as a ferry to and from Little Cumbrae where he lived.

Between 1937 and 1947, FIREFAY became known as AMY II.  John H Thom, another well known 6 metre owner, owned her briefly and re-named her FIREFAY.  She had a long association with the Royal Clyde Yacht Club.

For over forty years she cruised the Hebrides, visiting St Kilda. She was originally fitted with a 4 cylinder Thornycroft petrol engine, but has since had a B M C diesel engine installed.

During World War II the vessel was known as HMS Amy II and served as an Echo Sounding Boat on the Upper Clyde based at Glasgow operating with the Greenock Minesweeping Squadron.

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