Registration number 2403
Status Registered
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Previous names

  • Grey Hawk

Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Yacht
Location Rochester
Vessel type Motor Yacht
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Web address www.adls.com

Construction

Builder Gibbs, H, Teddington
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 Inboard diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
9.60 feet (2.93m)
Depth
3.10 feet (0.95m)
Length: Overall
39.25 feet (11.97m)

History

RYEGATE II was built in 1937 by H Gibbs of Teddington. She is a motor cruiser of carvel construction, with pitch pine on oak frames and has a Perkins diesel engine, model 4236. The vessel was commandeered for Dunkirk in 1940 and continued in war service for the Royal Naval Patrol Service from 1940 to 1945 at Brightlingsea and the River Medway. Since then she has been in private ownership and is based at Rochester.

Key dates

  • 2012

    Vessel selected for  Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on 3 June 2012

Own this vessel?

If you are the owner of this vessel and would like to provide more details or updated information, please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk

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