Name Pinnace 1374

Pinnace 1374 was built by Groves and Gutteridge, Cowes, Isle of Wight in 1955. She is of double diagonal mahogany construction and has a Rolls Royce diesel engine model C65FLM series 113. The 63 ft pinnace was the workhorse of the post-war RAF Marine Craft fleet, widely used in the UK and overseas bases for lifting and laying of marine and aircraft moorings, the recovery of torpedos, sonar buoys and other practice weapons dropped on exercise, towing and cargo carrying duties, and assisting with aircrew sea survival exercises and helicopter rescue crew training. The pinnace operated until 2002 and was delivered in a dissassembled state to the RAF Museum at Hendon where she has since been reassembled for external display.