Name Star of Killarney

STAR OF KILLARNEY is a twin screw diesel yacht of mahogany carvel construction built in 1962 by The Rampart Boatbuilding Company Limited of Southampton. Named after The Killarney Hotel in Durban, South Africa, a hotel owned by first owner Roye Palmer.  Based in Mallorca, Spain, through the 1960s and 1970s. 

In 1976, under new ownership, she returned to the UK to undergo a refit at Chichester Harbour and remained based on the south coast for a few years. The vessel is reputed to have acted as support boat to Prime Minister Ted Heath's MORNING CLOUD in the 1970s. 

During the 1990s she was based in Spain and after returning to the UK spent a short while providing trips for White Cliff Harbour Tours in Dover before being acquired by her current owners in 2001. The vessel underwent a major refit in 2001-2002. She then became a busy day charter vessel both on the River Thames and on the south coast, from Henley to Cowes.  In June 2012 she was one of 1000 vessels selected to participate in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee River Pageant on the Thames. 

Update, January 2024: Vessel for sale.