Registration number 3768
Status Registered
paula.palmer

Previous names

  • 1893 - 1895 Lady Nancy
  • 1895 - 1930 Christina

Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Yacht
Location Brightlingsea
Vessel type Racing Yacht
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Nielsen, N H, Skovshoved, Denmark
Built in 1893
Hull material Wood
Rig Gaff Schooner
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 1
Propulsion Sail
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
8.33 feet (2.54m)
Air Draft
5.00 feet (1.52m)
Length: Overall
40.00 feet (12.19m)
Tonnage: Gross
4.00

History

LADY NANCY was designed by A W Bonnersen and built in 1893 in Skovshoved, Denmark, by N H Neilsen, for English Chief Engineer F D Marshall. After 2 years, she was purchased by two Danish owners based in Copenhagen, Henze and Petersen, who named her CHRISTINA.

In 1930, she was purchased by N Lydersen of Arendal, Norway, who renamed her LADY NANCY. in 1939, she was purchased by R Stray of Arendal, who in the following year sailed her to Grimsby with 5 men to escape the German occupation of Norway, during the Second World War. After the war she remained in England under the Grimsby and Cleethorpes Yacht Club, who owned her until 1965, when she was purchased by G Hannaford, who raced her along the East Coast

In 1984, LADY NANCY was purchased by B and F Collyer, wardens of Reads Island, Upper Humber, and in 1990 she was purchased by J Green, who restored her as a Bermudan rig. Sometime after 2018, she was purchased by the current owner, who set about restoring her.

Update, July 2023: Vessel currently for sale

Key dates

  • 1893

    Built by N H Nielsen of Skovshoved, Denmark

  • 1895

    Purchased by Henze and Peterson of Copenhagen

  • 1930

    Purchased by N Lydersen of Arendal, Norway

  • 1939

    Purchased by R Stray of Arendal, Norway

  • 1940

    R Stray and 5 other men sail the LADY NANCY from Arendal to Grimsby to escape the German occupation of Norway and join the British Army

  • 1945

    After the war, taken on by the Grimsby and Cleethorpes Yacht Club

  • 1965

    Purchased by G Hannaford

  • 1984

    Purchased by B and F Collyer, wardens of Reads Island, Upper Humber

  • 1990

    Purchased by J Green

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