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ANNANETTA was built in 1939 for a pilot in Graham Bunn's yard of Wroxham. She was registered in September 1939 to Ernest Whitby of London. In December 1943 she was seconded into the Ministry of War Transport. She was then released from the MOWT just a few months later in April of 1944.
It is thought that she had guns mounted fore and aft, and there is some evidence for this on her deck. Very little is known about her role during the war and over the subsequent decades.
Mr R Brazil owned her from 1946 until his death in 1950 where she was moored on the Thames and moved to the Norfolk Broads. She was then owned by Mr May and subsequently owned by Mr Chaston in 1955.
Beteen 1967 and 1972 ANNANETTA changed hands a few times, first being owned by Ms S Meadway and then by Mr S Spoor and Mr F Horseman until 1972.
During the 1970s and 1980s she was based between Worcester and Falmouth, and she made seasonal moves between the two under the ownership of Peter Emms. She took reguluar trips along the Severn to Lands End.
She has been wiht her current owners since the early 2000's.
Built for a pilot but seconded almost immediately to the Ministry of Transport
Based between Worcester and Falmouth making seasonal moves between the two
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