Registration number 296
Status Registered
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Lady Cable just prior to fitting new Keel
Lady Cable - firsr launch
Lady Cable being handed over
Trust holding the new keel
Lady Cable - in yard

Details

Function Passenger Vessel
Location Totnes
Current use Ongoing conservation
Available to hire No
Available for excursions Yes
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Giles, Morgan, Teignmouth
Built in 1924
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
9.00 feet (2.75m)
Depth
3.50 feet (1.07m)
Length: Overall
40.00 feet (12.20m)

History

Built in 1924, LADY CABLE is a passenger vessel with a capacity for 42 passengers. She is based at Torquay and cruises to Brixham and on the River Dart. By 1936 she had been sold to C. & N. Mott of Torquay and was the only boat to go from there to Dunkirk during the World War II evacuation. She was bought by her new owners in 1987. In August 2008, LADY CABLE was donated to the Turning Point Maritime Trust and following a full restoration at Bobby Cann's yard in Totnes, she was to be used for educational heritage trips.

Grants

  • Jan 2014

    A Sustainability Award of £850 towards the costs of sails was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK. This was later withdrawn

Sources

Brann, Christian, The Little Ships of Dunkirk: 1940-1990, Collectors Books Ltd, 1989
Hamer, Geoffrey, Trip Out 1995/6 - A Guide to the Passenger Boat Services of the British Isles, G P Hamer, 1995

Own this vessel?

If you are the owner of this vessel and would like to provide more details or updated information, please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk