Hopalong | National Historic Ships

Registration number 3659

Status Registered

paula.palmer

Previous names

1933 - 1936 Hopalong
1936 - 2015 Canowie 11
2015 - 2020 Hopalong

Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Coastal

Location Nottingham

Vessel type Yacht - Motor

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Silver, James A Ltd, Rosneath

Built in 1933

Hull material Wood

Rig Bermudan Ketch

Number of decks 1

Number of masts 2

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 2

Primary engine type Diesel

Boiler type None

Dimensions

Depth

3.60 feet (1.10m)

Breadth: Beam

9.60 feet (2.93m)

Air Draft

7.92 feet (2.41m)

Length: Overall

40.50 feet (12.34m)

Tonnage: Gross

14.00

History

Built in 1933 at Rosneath for Mr. A.C. Jessop Hopalong is a 40’6” Silver Leaf Class Gentlemans Wooden Motor Yacht It was he that commissioned her layout and Austrian oak interior , much of which still remains original, as does the Pitch pine hull planking over over grown oak frames In 1936 she was sold to Group Captain J.B. Graham M.C. A.F.C. O.B.E. All awarded for his services during two W.W. An Australian serving in the R.A.F Who’s archive reveals a claim that Hopalong took part in Operation Dynamo , still under investigation . She was subsequently sold to Captain H.M. Salmon an Army Officer serving in the R.A.S.C