Registration number 3488
Status Archived
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Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Yacht
Location NONE
Vessel type Yacht - Motor
Archive reason Disposed
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Williams & Parkinson
Built in 1936
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 2
Primary engine type Inboard diesel

Dimensions

Length: Overall
37.50 feet (11.43m)
Breadth: Beam
9.50 feet (2.90m)
Depth
4.00 feet (1.22m)
Air Draft
10.00 feet (3.05m)
Tonnage: Gross
12.26

History

SEAMEW is a twin screw motor yacht built in 1938 by Williams and Parkinson of Deganwy Quay, Conwy, Wales.  She was commandeered by the Ministry of Defence in 1939 for the war effort and kept by them for approximately eleven years before being returned. 

This vessel has now been disposed.

Key dates

  • 1936

    SEAMEW built in North Wales by Baumaris. 

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