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Registration number
31
Status
National Historic Fleet
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Previous names
- 1892 - 1912 236
Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Portsmouth
Vessel type
Admirals Barge
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
White, J Samuel & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Built in
1892
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Steam
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Steam compound
Boiler type
Water Tube
Boilermaker
Langley Engineering, Storrington
Boiler year
1989
Boiler fuel
oil
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
9.60 feet
(2.93m)
Depth
3.80 feet
(1.16m)
Length: Overall
40.00 feet
(12.20m)
History
JANET was built as Admiralty Barge No. 236, associated first with HMS EDGAR; then in 1893 with HMS CRESCENT; in 1897 with HMS ROYAL ARTHUR; and finally with HMS POWERFUL. She was de-commissioned in 1912 and sold and converted to a motor yacht on the River Shannon. In 1912 she was bought by Dr R Lane Joynt and believed to have re-named her Janet after his mother, and taken to Dublin where she was converted to a cruiser. His initials are RLJ branded on the weights for the boat, it was sold on after he died in 1928.
She was acquired by 1988 and brought back to Gosport and was first re-steamed in August 1992. She was then bought in 2002, and based in Windermere.
In 2022 she moved to Boathouse4, where she is currently being restored.
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Key dates
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1892
Built by J. Samuel White as an Admiral’s Barge, No. 236
-
1892
Appropriated for HMS EDGAR
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1893
Appropriated for HMS CRESCENT
-
1897
Appropriated for HMS ROYAL ARTHUR
-
1904
Appropriated for HMS EURYALUS
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1906
Appropriated for HMS POWERFUL, Commander in Chief’s Australian Station
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1912
Un-appropriated from HMS POWERFUL at Portsmouth
-
1913
Sold to private owner in Dublin and converted to a motor yacht
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1936
Sold to R. N. Eaton
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1986
Sold to G. W. Ryan
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1988
Sold to G. St John
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1988-1991
Restored by the Maritime Workshop at Gosport
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2002
Sold to a private owner and taken to Lake Windermere
Sources
Steamboat Register: An illustrated Register of surviving steam vessels in the British Isles, Steam Boat Association of Great Britain, Edition 6, May 1994
Classic Boat, October 1992
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