Registration number
2344
Status
Archived
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Previous names
- Newman Noggs
Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Launch
Location
Dartmouth
Archive reason
Disposed
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
No
Web address
www.theafricanqueen.co.uk
Construction
Builder
British Power Boat Co Ltd. Hythe
Built in
1946
Rig
None
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
15.00 feet
(4.58m)
Depth
6.00 feet
(1.83m)
Length: Overall
51.60 feet
(15.74m)
History
Built for the Navy, AFRICAN QUEEN spent her first 2 years repatriating soldiers from France and is said to have attended the Copenhagen Convention. She was then seconded to the RCT and is known to have worked out of Tenby in 1961. She was used in her later service life as a training ship and was sold out of Portsmouth in 1984.
Key dates
- 1946 Built by The British Powerboat Company of Hythe for the Royasl Navy
- 1984 Sold out of service in Portsmouth
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