Previous names
- Slarnge Va II
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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
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Key dates
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1938
Built by W Weatherhead & Son
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