Annanetta | National Historic Ships

Registration number 3617

Status Registered

paula.palmer

Previous names

1939 Annanetta

Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location Kingston-upon-Thames

Vessel type Yacht - Motor

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Web address http://www.annanetta.com

Construction

Builder Bunn, Graham, Wroxham

Built in 1939

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Number of masts 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 2

Primary engine type Diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

14.00 feet (4.27m)

Depth

5.00 feet (1.52m)

Air Draft

6.00 feet (1.83m)

Length: Overall

56.00 feet (17.07m)

Tonnage: Gross

40.00

History

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.

Between 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 regular trips along the Severn to Lands End.

She has been with her current owners since the early 2000's.

Key dates

1939
Built for a pilot but seconded almost immediately to the Ministry of Transport
1970s and 1980s
Based between Worcester and Falmouth making seasonal moves between the two