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Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Launch
Location
Newport
Vessel type
Broads Sailing Cruiser
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
Windboats, Wroxham
Built in
1950
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
10.50
feet
(3.20
m)
Depth
4.00
feet
(1.22
m)
Length: Overall
43.00
feet
(13.12
m)
Tonnage: Gross
0.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
LADY BERYL is a Norfolk Broads Sailing Cruiser which was built in 1950 in Wroxham. She is a unique, custom-built boat, having been designed by Graham Bunn and built by Windboats. She is one of the largest Broads cruisers ever built. Her original name was TRAUMEREI. She is of timber construction and was fitted with a Ford model 6.31 diesel engine. She was registered as a British ship with the number 167722.
The vessel was later owned by the entertainer George Formby, who renamed her after his wife. LADY BERYL cruised the Norfolk Broads in the 1950s until their deaths in 1960/61. Since then, she has had a number of owners. Her owner in 1973 was Cyril Scott of London and in 1985 she was owned by Melvyn Ryan of Old Windsor. More recently she has been used as a houseboat.
Key dates
-
1950
Norfolk Broads Sailing Cruiser designed by Graham Bunn and built by Windboats in Wroxham
-
1953
Bought by George Formby who renamed her after his wife
-
1957
Sold to new owner when George Formby commissioned new vessel LADY BERYL II
-
1973
Her owner in 1973 was Cyril Scott of London
-
1985
In 1985 she was owned by Melvyn Ryan of Old Windsor
-
2010
More recently she has been used as a houseboat
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