Knights Cross | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2925

Status Registered

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Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location Hamble

Vessel type Motor Yacht

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Staniland & Co, Thorne

Built in 1948

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Number of masts 2

Number of engines 2

Primary engine type Diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall

37.50 feet (11.43m)

Breadth: Beam

10.00 feet (3.05m)

Depth

3.50 feet (1.07m)

Tonnage: Gross

10.70

History

KNIGHTS CROSS was built as a twin screw gentlemans motor yacht by Staniland Yachts in 1948 and is a vessel of pitch pine construction. Her original Ailsa Craig 40 HP oil engines were replaced in1970 by Perkins Marine 4.236 74 HP Perkins engines rebuilt in 2000. . In 2014 a new deck was laid - marine ply laid over pine deck and sheathed in glass and resin.