Registration number 3488
Status Registered
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Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Yacht
Location Plymouth
Vessel type Yacht - Motor
Current use Private use
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions Yes
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Williams & Parkinson
Built in 1936
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 2
Primary engine type Inboard diesel

Dimensions

Length: Overall
37.50 feet (11.43m)
Breadth: Beam
9.50 feet (2.90m)
Depth
4.00 feet (1.22m)
Air Draft
10.00 feet (3.05m)
Tonnage: Gross
12.26

History

SEAMEW is a twin screw motor yacht built in 1938.  She was commandeered by the Ministry of Defence in 1939 for the war effort and kept by them for approx. 11 years before being returned. 

Update, April 2022: SEAMEW is under new ownership as of Autumn 2021

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Key dates

  • 1936

    SEAMEW built in North Wales by Baumaris. 

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