Previous names
- 1944 - 1948 MFV 613
- 1948 - 2002 Burhou
Details
Construction
Dimensions
History
Ordered in December 1942 and completed in May 1944 for Admiralty use, MFV 613 was allocated to Portsmouth where she remained until she was sold in February 1948 to Trinity House. She was then used as a pilot/work boat in the Channel Islands, supplying the Casquets lighthouse on Guernsey, under the name BURHOU. In the 1970s was based out of Penzance and Hayle in West Cornwall. She was sold in 1989 after becoming one of Trinity House's longest serving vessels. After passing through the hands of various private owners, she became Britain's infamous first off-shore off license between 2002 and 2005.
Key dates
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1944
Built by J Martinfor the Admiralty
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1948
Transferred to Trinity House
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1989
Sold out of service
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2005
Purchased by new owner
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2006
Work on the hull allowing the vessel to make leisure trips on the River Thames between Erith and Tower Bridge
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2008
Vessel awarded a grant of £2000 to cover the costs crane hire by the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships
Grants
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2008
CORNISH MAIDEN was awarded a grant of ú2000 to cover the costs crane hire by the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships
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