Lady Beryl | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2282

Status Registered

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Previous names

1950 TRAUMEREI
1953 LADY BERYL

Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Launch

Location Newhaven

Vessel type Broads Sailing Cruiser

Current use Ongoing conservation

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Windboats, Wroxham

Built in 1950

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Inboard diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

10.50 feet (3.20m)

Depth

4.00 feet (1.22m)

Length: Overall

43.00 feet (13.12m)

History

LADY BERYL is a Norfolk Broads Sailing Cruiser which was built in 1950 in Wroxham. She is a unique, custom-built boat, having been designed by Graham Bunn and built by Windboats. She is one of the largest Broads cruisers ever built. Her original name was TRAUMEREI. She is of timber construction and was fitted with a Ford model 6.31 diesel engine. She was registered as a British ship with the number 167722.

The vessel was later owned by the entertainer George Formby, who renamed her after his wife. LADY BERYL cruised the Norfolk Broads in the 1950s until their deaths in 1960/61. Since then, she has had a number of owners. Her owner in 1973 was Cyril Scott of London and in 1985 she was owned by Melvyn Ryan of Old Windsor. More recently she has been used as a houseboat.

Key dates

1950
Norfolk Broads Sailing Cruiser designed by Graham Bunn and built by Windboats in Wroxham
1953
Bought by George Formby who renamed her after his wife
1957
Sold to new owner when George Formby commissioned new vessel LADY BERYL II
1973
Her owner in 1973 was Cyril Scott of London
1985
In 1985 she was owned by Melvyn Ryan of Old Windsor
2010
More recently she has been used as a houseboat