Moonyeen | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2444

Status Archived

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Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location St Jean Cap Ferrat

Vessel type Yacht - Motor

Archive reason Overseas Watch List

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Thornycroft, J I & Co Ltd, Hampton

Built in 1937

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Inboard diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

13.00 feet (3.97m)

Depth

5.25 feet (1.60m)

Length: Overall

55.00 feet (16.78m)

History

MOONYEEN is a motor cruiser of timber carvel construction with a DAF diesel engine. She was built by Thornycrofts at Hampton on Thames in 1937. She was commissioned by J Homer to be his luxury motor yacht, only to be requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1939. She made her way after the war to the Mediterranean, South of France, with the Laderman family. She was refitted in 1990 by Uve Hucke and is now based at St Jean Cap Ferrat, France.

Update, December 2023: Vessel under new ownership.

Although this vessel is on the Overseas Watch List, we are lacking information about this particular vessel. If you have any information about this vessel, past or present, please contact us.