Slainte Mhath II | National Historic Ships

Registration number 3484

Status Archived

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Previous names

Slarnge Va II

Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location Tarbert

Vessel type Ketch

Archive reason More information required

Current use Ongoing conservation

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Weatherhead, William & Son, Cockenzie

Built in 1938

Hull material Wood

Rig Bermudan Ketch

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall

34.00 feet (10.36m)

Breadth: Beam

12.33 feet (3.76m)

Depth

5.50 feet (1.68m)

Tonnage: Gross

12.00

History

SLAINTE MHATH II is a Bermuda Ketch motor sailer built in 1938 by William Weatherhead of Cockenzie and is a vessel of redwood construction with a Ford 6D Sabre engine. Aboard there is a plaque stating the vessel served with the Royal Navy from 1939 to 1945. Owned by Mr Henry J Foster, owned her from approx 1968 to 1993. The present owner has carried out extensive renovations and the vessel is now structurally sound.

A short film of the vessel cruising the Mediterranean in the 1960s in available to watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTi_W_-j6iQ

We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.

Key dates

1938
Built by W Weatherhead & Son

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