Registration number 2344
Status Archived
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African Queen, Starboard side
African Queen Portside facing

Previous names

  • Newman Noggs

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Launch
Location Dartmouth
Archive reason Disposed
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions No
Web address www.theafricanqueen.co.uk

Construction

Builder British Power Boat Co Ltd. Hythe
Built in 1946
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 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
6.00 feet (1.83m)
Length: Overall
51.60 feet (15.74m)

History

Built for the Navy, AFRICAN QUEEN spent her first 2 years repatriating soldiers from France and is said to have attended the Copenhagen Convention. She was then seconded to the RCT and is known to have worked out of Tenby in 1961. She was used in her later service life as a training ship and was sold out of Portsmouth in 1984.

Key dates

  • 1946 Built by The British Powerboat Company of Hythe for the Royasl Navy
  • 1984 Sold out of service in Portsmouth

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