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Registration number
2280
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Fighting Vessel
Subfunction
Launch
Location
Taplow
Vessel type
Range Safety Launch
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Unknown
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
British Power Boat Co Ltd. Hythe
Built in
1946
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
15.00 feet
(4.58m)
Depth
7.10 feet
(2.17m)
Length: Overall
50.00 feet
(15.25m)
History
MR TOOTS is a General Service Launch built by The British Power Boat Company in 1946 and used by the Royal Navy at Plymouth for target towing and general duties and then by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as a freight and crew carrier. She has a mahogany hull and a Foden FD4 diesel engine. From 1957 to 1962, she was based at Southend and was then sold and moved to Brentford. She was sold in 1975 and converted to a houseboat and has remained on the Thames since then. The present owner is restoring her for personal use and also for not-for-profit public and community benefit.
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