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Registration number
3728
Status
Archived
paula.palmer
Previous names
- 1942 - 1942 MFV27
Details
Function
Fighting Vessel
Subfunction
Patrol Boat
Location
Vilanova i la Geltrú
Vessel type
Admiralty MFV
Archive reason
Overseas Watch List
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Curtis, Frank, Looe
Built in
1942
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Gaff Ketch
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
2
Primary engine type
Diesel
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
19.69 feet
(6.00m)
Depth
8.20 feet
(2.50m)
Air Draft
54.13 feet
(16.50m)
Length: Overall
65.62 feet
(20.00m)
Tonnage: Gross
50.00
History
The boat was originally named ST PAUL and was built for the Admiralty during WWII in 1942 as MFV27 and acted as a patrol boat around the coast of England primarily searching for German U boats and later in the Mediterranean in 1944. She was built in Looe, Cornwall, by Frank Curtis, being ordered on the 24th February, laid down on March 18th, and launched on the 28th July 1942 with a compliment of six men. She was built of larch on oak frames with a 2” larch deck. The boat undertook a significant refitting in 1993, making her into the sailboat we see today with a 54” main mast and 2245 sq.ft of sail.
WILLOWMOON is listed as having been involved in a collision with 'Lady Savile' and as a result suffering a crack in rail about 1 Ft. in length (22nd December 1942). She is also listed as seeing service with CinC (Commander in Chief) Mediterranean in Malta. In 1950 she was sold out of service.
Currently being restored in Spain.
Key dates
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1942
Ordered 24th of February 1942
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November 1942
Completed 17th of November 1942
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1942
Listed as having been involved in a collision with 'Lady Savile' and as a result suffering a crack in rail about 1 Ft. in length (22nd December 1942)
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1942-1943
Served out of Greenock.
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1943
Served out of the Mediterranean
-
1948
Placed in reserve in Plymouth 2nd of September 1948
-
1950
Listed as sold on the 25th of April 1950
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