Registration number 2264
Status Registered
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Zaire - port side view, moored at Dittisham
Zaire - starboard side view circa 1941

Previous names

  • 1960 Zimmeron

Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Launch
Location River Dart
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder McLean, Hugh & Sons Ltd, Govan
Built in 1936
Hull material Wood
Rig Gaff Ketch
Number of decks 2
Number of masts 2
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Inboard diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
9.50 feet (2.90m)
Depth
3.75 feet (1.14m)
Length: Overall
36.00 feet (10.98m)

History

ZAIRE was built in 1936 by Hugh McLean & Son at Govan and is a gentleman's motor cruiser of timber carvel construction with a BMC Commander 2.2 diesel engine. Her original owner was Robert Barr Jnr. Around 1939 she was owned by ASH Whitelock. Later owners of date unspecified were Mr & Mrs Derriman followed by Mr Michael Thorpe. Under current ownership since 2016. 

Used as a liveaboard at Brighton Marina in the last few years, the vessel is now in storage in Stourport-on-Severn as the owner has moved abroad. 

Update, April 2025: Vessel for sale. 

 

Key dates

  • 1936

    Built by Hugh McLean and Son of Govan for Robert Barr junior
  • 1939

    Sold to ASH Whitelock
  • 1950s

    Sold to Mr and Mrs Derriman
  • 1960

    Renamed ZIMMERON
  • 1984

    Bought by Peter Hatcher and renamed ZAIRE

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