Registration number
2007
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Pollenca
Vessel type
Ketch
Archive reason
Overseas Watch List
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Web address
www.bewater.info
Construction
Builder
Miller, James N & Son Ltd, St Monans
Built in
1928
Rig
Gaff Ketch
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Sail
Number of engines
2
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
14.75 feet
(4.27m)
Depth
6.56 feet
(2.00m)
Length: Overall
52.46 feet
(18.60m)
Air Draft
5.91 feet
(1.80m)
History
Built 1928 by J N Miller & Son Limited, St Monans, as a gentleman's yacht for A E Holder of Hood Manor, Totnes, Devon.
MEMPHIS is an example of the architect McBryde's revolutionary design for the conversion of the Fife herring fishers from sail to motor.
Key dates
-
1928
Vessel built by J N Miller & Son Limited, St Monans
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