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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Lifeboat
Location
gillingham
Vessel type
Norfolk and Suffolk Class
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
White, J Samuel & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Built in
1925
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Schooner
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
47.30
feet
(14.42
m)
Breadth: Beam
13.30
feet
(4.05
m)
Depth
To be confirmed
Air Draft
To be confirmed
Tonnage: Gross
16.00
History
MARY SCOTT was built as a Norfolk and Suffolk class lifeboat by J Samuel White & Co. of Cowes, Isle of Wight in 1925. She is of double diagonal mahogany construction and her current engine is a Lister diesel model MG616 installed in 1954.
During the second World War the vessel took part in the Dunkirk evacuation, bringing back 160 men from the beaches. Subsequently she served as a lifeboat, assisting in many rescues until 1953 when she was sold out of service and renamed ATAMUA by her new owner. With some changes of ownership she operated as a leisure craft until 1990. Between 1995 and 2007 she sat neglected and was then bought by her current owner and started a restoration project. This is continuing but in 2010 she returned to Dunkirk .
Key dates
- 1925 Launched 30th September 1925
- 1953 Change of ownership to Mr J H Power
- 1953 Change of name to Atamua
- 1972 Change of ownership to Mrs P McCoy
- 1976 Change of ownership to N Dennis and N Cubitt
- 1986 Change of ownership to K W Long
- 1990 Change of owner D Warner
- 2007 Change of owner to current owner and start of restoration work
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