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Registration number
2789
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Southwold
Vessel type
Motor Yacht
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Saunders Roe, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Built in
1938
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
2
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
45.00 feet
(13.72m)
Breadth: Beam
11.00 feet
(3.35m)
Depth
5.50 feet
(1.68m)
Air Draft
8.25 feet
(2.51m)
Tonnage: Gross
23.01
History
MAGYAR was the very last private motor cruiser built by Saunders Roe of Cowes, Isle of Wight, built in 1938/9 and sold to Squadron Leader by R.J.A Ford just on the eve of Second World War.
She is an extremely high quality 'Gentleman's Motor Yacht' and represents the finest of her type available before the war.
The vessel is of carvel construction with a hull of Burma teak on rock elm timbers with upperworks and deck also in Burma teak. Her interior is panelled in 'polished Austrian oak' and she was originally equipped with twin 6 cylinder Gray petrol engines. The vessel was commandeered and compulsorily acquired in 1942 and used for miscellaneous naval duties, based at Portsmouth. She was returned to her original owner after the war.
Sold by Ford at some time between 1954 and 1963 she passed through several ownerships until found being used as a houseboat in the South of France and purchased by her present owner in February 2014.
MAGYAR has just undergone a complete rebuild between 2014 and 2018 at Harbour Marine Services in Southwold, Suffolk and is now based near Henley on Thames for 2019 where she is available for charter. Please see www.classiccruising.co.uk for details.
Update, January 2024: Vessel for sale
Key dates
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1938-9
Built by Saunders Roe of Cowes Isle of Wight
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1939
Sold to her first owner, Squadron Leader R.J.A Ford
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1942
Commandeered for war service
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1945
Returned to her original owner
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1954/1963
Owned by Co. T.G.Wilkinson
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1963/1970
Owned by T.T Curry
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1970/2003
Owned by J.Wallrock
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2003/2007
Owned by B.Macey
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2009/2014
Owned by M.Lamaison and B.Delmas
-
2014
Purchased by current owner
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