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Registration number
2494
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Launch
Location
London
Vessel type
Pilot Boat 40
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Thornycroft, J I & Co Ltd, Hampton
Built in
1928
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
9.10 feet
(2.78m)
Depth
16.00 feet
(4.88m)
Length: Overall
40.50 feet
(12.35m)
History
LINGUARD was built by J J Thornycroft, London in 1928 as a gentleman's motor and auxiliary sail vessel and her first owner was Atherton Henry Hayhurst-France. During World War II she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and was used to take commanders to their ships. After the war the vessel reverted to private ownership and subsequent owners, who have their names engraved on the ships bell are: 1964 Atherton Henry Hayhurst-France, 1964 Richard Derek Sothern, 1968 Juliet Elizabeth Hersy, 1979 David Hersy, 1980 Angela Gay Finch Bisset, 2009 Bersi Keuper followed by the current owner in 2015.
Update, March 2024: Vessel for sale
Key dates
- 1928 Built by J J Thornycroft, London
- 1964 change of owner
- 1964 change of owner
- 1968 change of owner
- 1979 change of owner
- 1980 change of owner
- 2009 change of owner
Grants
-
June 2012
A Sustainability Grant of £500 for remedial work was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK
Source: National Historic Ships UK
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