Letna | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2915

Status Registered

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Previous names

1940 - 1945 Juno

Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location Hythe

Vessel type Vosper

Current use Ongoing conservation

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Vosper, Portsmouth

Built in 1936

Hull material Iron

Rig None

Number of decks 2

Number of masts 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 2

Primary engine type Diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall

63.00 feet (19.20m)

Breadth: Beam

13.00 feet (3.96m)

Depth

6.67 feet (2.03m)

Tonnage: Gross

41.56

History

LETNA is a yacht of steel construction with twin Gardner 5LW diesel engines and was built by Vosper & Co of Portsmouth in 1936. During the Second World War she was requisitioned, renamed JUNO and put on patrol duties. She was used as a charter vessel in the 1950s based in Malta.

The vessel was bought by her present owner in 2015 and will undergo restoration.

Update, August 2022: Vessel in storage in a boatshed in Hythe, Kent.

Update, February 2024: Vessel reported in very poor condition, no restoration having been carried out, and at risk of being scrapped.

Key dates

1936
Built by Vospers of Portsmouth
1940/1945
Requisitioned for war service

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