Seamark | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2694

Status Registered

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Details

Function Service Vessel

Subfunction Pilot Vessel

Location Swansea

Vessel type Pilot Cutter

Current use Ongoing conservation

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Harris, P K & Sons Ltd, Appledore

Built in 1959

Hull material Steel

Rig None

Number of decks 3

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 2

Primary engine type Diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall

100.00 feet (30.07m)

Breadth: Beam

24.00 feet (7.32m)

Tonnage: Gross

217.00

Depth

8.59 feet (2.62m)

History

SEAMARK is a Pilot Vessel of steel construction powered by twin 480 BHP Lister- Blackstone diesel engines and was built by P K Harris of Appledore in 1959. She is presently based in Swansea awaiting restoration.

The vessel is believed to be the longest serving pilot cutter in the UK, having served in that role from 1959 to 2002 in Swansea and was the largest pilot cutter to actually go alongside vessels at sea..After decommissioning in 2002 she was transferred to Roath Basin in Cardiff, returning to Swansea in 2011.