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Registration number
3695
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Previous names
- 1912 - 2022 RAZORBILL
Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Launch
Location
Chelsea
Vessel type
Motor Yacht
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Thornycroft, J I & Co Ltd, Hampton
Built in
1912
Hull material
Wood
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Petrol
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
8.20 feet
(2.50m)
Depth
3.25 feet
(0.99m)
Air Draft
6.33 feet
(1.93m)
Length: Overall
34.00 feet
(10.36m)
Tonnage: Gross
3.51
History
Built as gentleman's yach by Thorneycroft at Hampton in 1912 as a motor launch which is believed to have been used by the Admiralty in WW1 and WW2
After forty years in a shed at Hampton she was caught in a fire as the main yard burnt down - rescued and on fire. Her centre cockpit and rear cabin were burnt and she was converted from a cruiser to a launch with open cockpit and large open rear deck - retaining her forward cabin, fwd topsides, cockpit interior, rear cabin interior and hull 100% intact. Materially she is 100% original (apart from the engine) - but only about 85% of the original is left.She was converted out of necessity. Recently restored (2019 - 2020) and now in daily use on the Thames - she is moored at Cadogan Pier - Chelsea.
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