Registration number 97
Status Archived
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Mistra - port bow
Mistra - under cover
Mistra - starboard side
Mistra - starboard bow
Mistra - port side

Previous names

  • 1943 - 1947 RAF Rescue 1255

Details

Function Fighting Vessel
Subfunction Launch
Location NONE
Vessel type Launch - RAF Air Service
Archive reason Disposed
Current use None
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Wood, Herbert, Potter Heigham
Built in 1942
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 2
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type None
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
14.00 feet (4.27m)
Depth
3.40 feet (1.04m)
Length: Overall
60.00 feet (18.30m)
Tonnage: Gross
38.00

History

Built in 1942 by Herbert Woods of Potter Heigham with 3x130 HP Perkins diesel engines and a wooden hard chine hull, MISTRA was originally an RAF Air Sea Rescue Pinnace and commenced operations in 1943 at No 4 ASR Unit at Wick in Scotland. She was passed from the RAF to the Admiralty in 1947 and sold to her first private owner in 1950. She was purchased by her present owner in 1994 for restoration to her original RAF colours and markings and use as a motor yacht.

 

Source 2023.  The owner has confi9rmed this vessel has now been disposed.

Sources

World Ship Society British Armed Forces Small Craft Historical Society, Survivors Register, 1998

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