Registration number 2679
Status Registered
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Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Yacht
Location Woodbridge
Vessel type Motor Yacht
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Groves & Gutteridge Ltd, Cowes
Built in 1963
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 2
Propulsion Towed
Number of engines 2
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
57.00 feet (17.37m)
Breadth: Beam
13.00 feet (3.96m)
Depth
3.00 feet (0.91m)
Air Draft
15.00 feet (4.57m)
Tonnage: Gross
22.00

History

 VOUNI is a twin screw motor yacht of carvel mahogany construction. Built in 1963  for the Duke of Northumberland cost £57,000 £1,000 per ft, by Groves & Gutteridge of Cowes, Isle of Wight,

The present owner has been working to restore the vessel for 12 years after it had sat on a mud berth for 15 years. The hull and decks having all been replaced and after a survey new twin Leyland Barracuda engines will be fitted, along wiht a new 6cyl diesal engine, new fuel tanks.

 

 

 

 

Key dates

  • 1963

    Built by Groves & Guitteridge, Cowes, Isle of Wight

  • 1963

    Built for the Duke of Newcastle

  • 2013

    In process of restoration for the last 12 years

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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