The Trustees are indebted to Philip Simons and Terry Holtham for their kind permission to use details from the publication "A Guide To The Small Craft At Marchwood" |
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Harbour Launch (Diesel) D 49
H.L. (Diesel) 56140 - D 49 was the last of her type in service with the ‘old dockyard’, the origin of this type of boat reaches back to the 1850’s and the first of the dockyard steam craft. |
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The Green Parrot
(45’ Medium Speed Picket Boat 5303)
She was one of three boats ordered on J Prowles Boat Yard of Wroxhan... |
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FMB 43957 -
The 25ft Fast Motor Boat on display at the PNBPTrust Portsmouth, is of standard Admiralty design, which evolved from numerous types built by many well known boat builders, before World War II. |
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ST-1502
Designed by the master of fast craft marine architects, George Selman, some 54 of this type were built as Mid craft by British Power Boats between 1940 & 1943. |
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FMD 5004 - 16ft Fast Motor Dinghy
The 16 foot Fast Motor Dinghy (FMD) on display at the PNBPTrust, is a standard Admiralty design which evolved from numerous types built by well known boat builders, pre WWII. |
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High Speed Launches - 102
The High Speed Launches which joined the RAF fleet in 1937 were to increase the operational range duties of the 200 class seaplane tenders. |
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MGB 81
This is "short", fast, well armed Motor Antii-Submarine Boat (MASB), to operate in a gunboat role, to counter German E- and R-boats which had attacked Allied shipping. |
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15 Ft. Beach Fishing Dinghy
She was one of many used by the SSSA Club until the late seventies. |
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15 Ft Rowing Gig
She was previously used by Dartmouth Naval College prior to being based at Whale Island in the Sail Training Centre there. |
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32 Ft. Naval Cutter
The hull is of clinker build of mahogany on Canadian Elm risings and stringers. |
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Admiralty Pattern 14 Ft Sailing Dinghy
This 14 Ft. clinker built sailing dinghy was built at Rosyth in 1960 is currently not on display to the public... |
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Albacore 14 Ft. Sailing Dinghy
She is a cold moulded twin veneered mahogany hulled boat. The class was used extensively by the Royal Navy as part of its sail training craft. |
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Bosun – GRP Sailing Dinghy
She was one of the first fibreglass boats designed to enter service with the Royal navy and was one of many used by the Royal Navy for recreation. |
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Charmian – 34 Ft. Cutter
She was built in 1906 in Portsmouth Dockyard, possibly in Number 6 Boat House (located at the end of the Mast Pond)... |
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Cyclops – 42Ft. Rowing Launch
She was a 42 Ft. rowing launch to the Battleship HMS Royal Sovereign (1915) used for carrying supplies out to the ship. |
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LCA (Landing Craft Assault-Fox-Trot 8)
Assault Craft Foxtrot 8 is one of a total of four assault craft of this type carried on davits two each side on board HMS Fearless.. |
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Montague Whalers
She was built in 1964 at the Apprentices school at Flathouse jetty at Rudmore in Portsmouth and was one of the last in service with the Royal Navy. |
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Nimbus – Work Boat
She is a small Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) boat based on the Langstone Fisherman design. |
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Sirius
She has been fully refitted in the past two years and has been used in a workboat and passenger configuration. |
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Surf Boat
They were used specifically to land personnel onto beaches through heavy surf when there was no jetty or piers readily available. |
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TUI – 7 Ft. Pram Dinghy
Built for Prince Charles when he was 5 years old and presented to HRH Queen Elizabeth II by the Aukland Harbour Board during her state visit... |
