Mr Toots | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2280

Status Archived

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Details

Function Fighting Vessel

Subfunction Launch

Location Taplow

Vessel type Range Safety Launch

Archive reason More information required

Current use Unknown

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder British Power Boat Co Ltd. Hythe

Built in 1946

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 2

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Inboard diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

15.00 feet (4.58m)

Depth

7.10 feet (2.17m)

Length: Overall

50.00 feet (15.25m)

History

MR TOOTS is a General Service Launch built by The British Power Boat Company in 1946 and used by the Royal Navy at Plymouth for target towing and general duties and then by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as a freight and crew carrier. She has a mahogany hull and a Foden FD4 diesel engine. From 1957 to 1962, she was based at Southend and was then sold and moved to Brentford. She was sold in 1975 and converted to a houseboat and has remained on the Thames since then. The present owner is restoring her for personal use and also for not-for-profit public and community benefit.

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