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Registration number
240
Status
Registered
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Previous names
- Zelia
- Rania
- Arkian
Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Exeter
Vessel type
Motor Yacht
Current use
None
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Rampart, Southampton
Built in
1937
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Petrol
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
10.30 feet
(3.14m)
Depth
3.90 feet
(1.19m)
Length: Overall
44.98 feet
(13.72m)
History
Built 1937 by Rampart Boat Building Works in Southampton for Mr McLoughlin, ARKIAN is a motor yacht with a hull construction of pitch pine on oak. Her current engine is a BMC diesel fitted in 1988. Her initial name was ZELIA but after being commandeered by the Royal Navy for World War 2 service she was renamed RANIA. Her war work included patrol, communications and transport for Naval personnel who needed to move around in the rivers and estuaries of southern England. She took part in the Dunkirk evacuation but no details are known. After the war she had 4 owners in forty years and in 1989 received her third name – ARKIAN. In 1992 following an accident she was at Tough’s yard in Teddington having her transom, after deck and starboard quarter rebuilt.
Sources
Brann, Christian, The Little Ships of Dunkirk: 1940-1990, Collectors Books Ltd, 1989
Brann, Christian, The Little Ships of Dunkirk: 55th Anniversary Supplement, Collectors' Books Ltd, 1995
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