Registration number
3647
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Previous names
- 1937 - 2020 Bodinnick of Fowey
Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Harbour Defence Launch
Location
Shoreham on Sea
Vessel type
Admiralty Launch
Current use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Admiralty, Devonport
Built in
1937
Hull material
Wood
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
12.60 feet
(3.84m)
Length: Overall
58.00 feet
(17.68m)
Tonnage: Gross
25.00
History
Built 1938 as a 58 feet Admiralty Harbour Launch, but Double Diagonal, Teak on Oak.. originally Copper sheathed and steam driven.. now lying in Shoreham by sea and fully restored and with a Perkins engine and addition wheel house ..
Key dates
-
1937
Built in 1937 by the Admiralty
-
1980
Bought by H Davis & A Lester from Cornwall and registered as a fishing vessel
-
1988 -1991
Vessel worked Diglis Basin, Worcester
-
1994
Vessel worked out of Gloucester.
-
1995
Vessel based in Bullo Pill
-
1996
Vessel based in Lydney
-
2005
Vessel based in Bullo Pill
-
2016
Based in Sussex Yacht Club
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