Jumbo | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2484

Status Archived

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Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location Nottingham

Vessel type Motor Yacht

Archive reason More information required

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Haywood, Leigh on Sea

Built in 1923

Hull material Wood

Rig Sloop

Number of decks 1

Number of masts 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Inboard diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Air Draft

5.50 feet (1.37m)

Breadth: Beam

11.08 feet (3.36m)

Depth

3.50 feet (1.22m)

Length: Overall

38.00 feet (11.59m)

History

JUMBO is a motor yacht of timber carvel construction, pitch pine on oak frames with a Coventry diesel engine type KF. She was built in 1923 by Wm. Haywood of Leigh on Sea. The vessel was built for a master stevedore for pleasure and kept at Brightlingsea where it cruised the English Channel. It won the London to Cowes race in 1938. The vessel was called up for war service during World War II as a tender to a minesweeper in and around Harwich. After the war it continued cruising the south coast with its original owner. JUMBO had a paid skipper from 1923 until the outbreak of World War II and later until 1969 when her original owner had to sell her due to failing health.

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Key dates

1923
Built by William Haywood of Leigh on Sea
1938
Vessel won the London to Cowes Race
1939
Called up for war service
1941
New engine installed, a Coventry Climax, type KL, 2 stroke, supercharged diesel
1947
Vessel returned from Royal Navy to private owner
2000
Found abandoned in a marina in the Midlands, in poor condition