Name MFV 119

MFV 119 is ex-Admiralty and was built in 1943-4 at Morris or Morrisons of Gosport. She went to Omaha beach in 1944 with an American crew and was later used on the wreck of INVINCIBLE, a nearby wreck site to the MARY ROSE project. Her hull is carvel built of larch planking on oak, fastened with iron nails. 

She has a pointed bow, with a raked straight stem and cruiser stern. She has one deck and a timber mast which can be used as a lifting boom. The original type Lister Blackstone EPMG3 engine, with three cylinders and 120 horsepower has been re-installed. In July 2007, the vessel had been reframed with all oak framing, a new beam shelf throughout and has been replanked from the waterline up, with a new sternpost. Two steel watertight bulkheads were fitted at each end of the engine room. A new wheel house has been fitted and  It is intended that MFV119 be used as a fully operational motor yacht. In use as holiday let as of July 2019.