Registration number
2351
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Naval & Military Vessel
Subfunction
Pinnace
Location
NONE
Vessel type
Royal Navy Medium Speed Motor Boat
Archive reason
Disposed
Current use
Unknown
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Fairlies Yacht Slip, Fairlie
Built in
1946
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
2
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
10.00 feet
(3.05m)
Depth
10.00 feet
(3.05m)
Length: Overall
35.00 feet
(10.68m)
History
SULAIR is an ex-Royal Navy 35 foot Medium Speed Motor Boat (MSMB) of timber double diagonal construction with twin inboard diesel engines by Foden, 80 hp each. She was built in 1961 at Fairlies Yacht Slip in Scotland and is built to an Royal Naval pinnace design. She was carried for a time on the RN Depot Ship HMS Maidstone. SULAIR is at present under restoration in Liverpool and is intended as a community restoration project representing an historic naval past.
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