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Registration number
47
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Germany
Vessel type
Schooner
Archive reason
Overseas Watch List
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Houston, J A, Rowhedge
Built in
1893
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Bermudan
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Steam
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Steam triple expansion
Boiler type
Scotch Return Tube
Boilermaker
Peter A Darby
Boiler year
1990
Boiler fuel
oil
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
8.59 feet
(2.62m)
Depth
4.13 feet
(1.26m)
Length: Overall
41.97 feet
(12.80m)
Tonnage: Gross
13.00
History
Built in 1893 by J A Houston of Rowhedge, MYRA is a steam schooner, carvel built of teak and gaff rigged. Her engine dates from 1910 and is steam triple expansion, maker unknown. She was built for W H Mackenzie of Colchester. Her subsequent owners were: W J P Peacock, London (1896-1920), R S Heard, Swansea and J Hughes Rice, Newton, Glamorgan who owned her until at least 1932.
She was converted to a motor engine 1920.
Acquired by a further owner in 1977 and restored, a new plant was fitted in 1979 and she was believed to have regularly steamed on an annual basis.
Although this vessel is on the Overseas Watch List, we are lacking information about this particular vessel. If you have any information about this vessel, past or present, please contact us.
Key dates
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1893
Vessel built by J A Houston, Rowhedge
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1920
Vessel converted to a motor engine
Sources
Steamboat Register: An illustrated Register of surviving steam vessels in the British Isles, Steam Boat Association of Great Britain, Edition 6, May 1994
The Funnel magazine, Edition 15
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