Malaya | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2852

Status Registered

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Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Launch

Location Cricklade

Vessel type Canal Boat

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Banhams

Built in 1926

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Electric

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall

40.00 feet (12.19m)

Breadth: Beam

6.92 feet (2.11m)

Depth

2.25 feet (0.69m)

Air Draft

6.25 feet (1.91m)

Tonnage: Gross

9.99

History

MALAYA is a river/canal cruiser built of teak on oak by Banhams of Cambridge in 1926." Unusually for the time, she was designed and built to cruise not only on rivers but also on the narrow canals which at that time were still working waterways.

The boat has undergone a major (six year) restoration to protect it for the future and restore the look and feel of the original 1926 design and she was re-launched in Lechlade Marina on the Upper River Thames in December 2018.