Razorbill | National Historic Ships

Registration number 3695

Status Registered

paula.palmer

Previous names

1912 - 2022 RAZORBILL

Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Launch

Location Sandwich

Vessel type Motor Yacht

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Thornycroft, J I & Co Ltd, Hampton

Built in 1912

Hull material Wood

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Petrol

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

8.20 feet (2.50m)

Depth

3.25 feet (0.99m)

Air Draft

6.33 feet (1.93m)

Length: Overall

34.00 feet (10.36m)

Tonnage: Gross

3.51

History

Built as gentleman's yacht by Thornycroft at Hampton in 1912 as a motor launch which is believed to have been used by the Admiralty in WW1 and WW2.

After forty years in a shed at Hampton she was caught in a fire as the main yard burnt down - rescued and on fire. Her centre cockpit and rear cabin were burnt and she was converted from a cruiser to a launch with open cockpit and large open rear deck - retaining her forward cabin, fwd topsides, cockpit interior, rear cabin interior and hull 100% intact. Materially she is 100% original (apart from the engine) - but only about 85% of the original is left. She was converted out of necessity. Restored in 2019 - 2020, she was moored at Cadogan Pier, Chelsea and in daily use on the Thames until spring 2024, when she relocated to Sandwich, Kent.

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