Registration number 2819
Status Archived
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Fairstar moored
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Previous names

  • Kingfisher
  • Fairstar

Details

Function Naval & Military Vessel
Subfunction Pinnace
Location Unknown
Vessel type Admiralty Pinnace
Archive reason More information required
Current use Unknown
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Vosper, Portsmouth
Built in 1939
Hull material Wood
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
44.00 feet (13.41m)
Breadth: Beam
10.00 feet (3.05m)
Depth
4.50 feet (1.37m)
Air Draft
8.50 feet (2.59m)
Tonnage: Gross
15.00

History

There is some uncertainty about this vessel: it remains to be established whether it is an RAF sea plane tender or a naval pinnace.

Update, March 2021: Reported by River Canal Rescue organisation that LADY DORIS was sunk at her moorings and is being raised this month, after which she will be removed to Redhill Marina in Nottingham.  They will then be seeking someone to take her on as a restoration project. 

LADY DORIS was offered for sale in June 2021 and it seems she was under new ownership and being restored in 2022, but there has been no further news since.

We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.

Key dates

  • 1939

    Built by Vospers, Portsmouth
  • 1995

    New owner
  • 2013

    New owner

Grants

  • Jan 2017

    A Sustainability Grant of £762 was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK

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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