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Registration number
2694
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Pilot Vessel
Location
Swansea
Vessel type
Pilot Cutter
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Harris, P K & Sons Ltd, Appledore
Built in
1959
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
3
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
2
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
100.00 feet
(30.07m)
Breadth: Beam
24.00 feet
(7.32m)
Tonnage: Gross
217.00
Depth
8.59 feet
(2.62m)
History
SEAMARK is a Pilot Vessel of steel construction powered by twin 480 BHP Lister- Blackstone diesel engines and was built by P K Harris of Appledore in 1959. She is presently based in Swansea awaiting restoration.
The vessel is believed to be the longest serving pilot cutter in the UK, having served in that role from 1959 to 2002 in Swansea and was the largest pilot cutter to actually go alongside vessels at sea..After decommissioning in 2002 she was transferred to Roath Basin in Cardiff, returning to Swansea in 2011.
Key dates
-
1959
Built by P K Harris, Appledore
-
1959
Commissioned by the Swansea Pilotage Authority
-
1987
Ownership transferred to Associated British Ports
-
2002
Decommissioned and transferred to Cardiff
-
2011
Ownership transferred to the Pilot Cutter Seamark Charitable Trust
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