Registration number 2915
Status Registered
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port side view

Previous names

  • 1940 - 1945 Juno

Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Yacht
Location Hythe
Vessel type Yacht - Motor
Current use Ongoing conservation
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Vosper, Portsmouth
Built in 1936
Hull material Iron
Rig None
Number of decks 2
Number of masts 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 2
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
63.00 feet (19.20m)
Breadth: Beam
13.00 feet (3.96m)
Depth
6.67 feet (2.03m)
Tonnage: Gross
41.56

History

LETNA is a yacht of steel construction with twin Gardner 5LW diesel engines and was built by Vosper & Co of Portsmouth in 1936. During the Second World War she was requisitioned, renamed JUNO and put on patrol duties. She was used as a charter vessel in the 1950s based in Malta.

The vessel was bought by her present owner in 2015 and will undergo restoration.

Update, August 2022: Vessel in storage in a boatshed in Hythe, Kent. 

Update, February 2024: Vessel reported in very poor condition, no restoration having been carried out, and at risk of being scrapped. 

Key dates

  • 1936

    Built by Vospers of Portsmouth
  • 1940/1945

    Requisitioned for war service

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