Dawn | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2361

Status Registered

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Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location Gweek

Vessel type Yawl

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Thomas, W E, Falmouth

Built in 1905

Hull material Wood

Rig Bermudan Yawl

Number of decks 1

Number of masts 2

Propulsion Sail

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Inboard diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

8.50 feet (2.53m)

Depth

5.75 feet (1.75m)

Length: Overall

48.50 feet (10.37m)

History

DAWN is an auxilliary gaff yawl built as a leisure craft in 1905 by W E Thomas of Falmouth. She is of timber carvel construction and the materials used are oak framing and planking, larch below the waterline and iroko above. Her engine is a Volvo Penta model MD11. DAWN has been West Country owned and based for 100 plus years and has been extensively rebuilt over the past 25 years of current ownership. She is believed to have seen active service during World War II but the details are not known.