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
Launch - Admiralty
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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