Soleil d'Or | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2106

Status Registered

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Soleil d'Or - port side, under way when she was in the Isles of Scilly (1956-1979) and owned by the proprietor of the island of Tresco

Details

Function Service Vessel

Subfunction Tender

Location Falmouth

Vessel type Tender

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Curtis & Pape, Looe

Built in 1956

Hull material Wood

Rig Bermudan Ketch

Number of decks 1

Number of masts 2

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Inboard diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

11.00 feet (3.36m)

Depth

4.00 feet (1.22m)

Length: Overall

42.10 feet (12.84m)

Tonnage: Gross

6.69

Air Draft

29.20 feet (8.90m)

History

Built in 1956 by Frank Curtis and Pape Bros of Looe, Cornwall, SOLEIL D'OR is a passenger vessel which was built for the Dorrien Smith family, owners of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly and used as a tender. She is of carvel timber construction with a Gardner 4LW diesel engine of 48 bhp. She was sold in 1979 and laid up on the River Medway; sold again and sailed to Runcorn via Hull and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. She was then laid up and sold in 1980 to her present owner.

After repairs she was based in Liverpool as a passenger vessel/private yacht. She was moved to Cardiff in 1998 and in May 2008 completed a major 5 year rebuild to original plans as far as possible. SOLEIL D'OR was used by royalty when they visited the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. SOLEIL D'OR is in private ownership and available for private charters.

Update: Under new ownership, May 2024.