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Previous names
- 1937 - 1939 ANAURUS
- 1939 - 1944 MARKEN
- 1944 - 2018 ANAURUS
Certificate no
3541
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Newport
Vessel type
Motor Yacht
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
Fox C & Sons, Ipswich
Built in
1937
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Schooner
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
Boilermaker
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
11.90
feet
(3.63
m)
Depth
5.17
feet
(1.57
m)
Air Draft
8.00
feet
(2.44
m)
Length: Overall
45.00
feet
(13.72
m)
Tonnage: Gross
21.71
History
ANAURUS was built in 1937 for Commander Richard William Vandelear Beatty, Admiral Beatty's nephew - Admiral Beatty being the victor of the Battle of Jutland. Her official number was 165037. The Beatty family were in the Netherlands in 1939 to celebrate the jubilee of Queen Wilhelmina when Commander Beatty was ordered to come home with the Red Cross due to submarines in the channel. Subsequently, the Germans used ANAURUS as a gunboat between 1939-1944 and re-named her Marken, being captured by the Canadians in 1944. From 1939 - 1944 the vessel was German gunboat Marken, recaptured by Canadians in 1944. She was handed back to the Beatty family in 1946.
She was bought by a private owner in September 2004, three weeks after she had sunk at her mooring and she has been rebuilt, now as a floating home.
Sources
The Motor Boat: an Aftercockpit 45 footer
The Motor Boat: Living Afloat - how to do it in comfort
Key dates
-
1937
Built by C Fox & Sons, Ipswich
-
1939 -45
Used as a patrol vessel in the Zuider Zee by Germany
-
1946
Rebuilt in Woodbridge
-
1947-1956
Used as a houseboat
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