Custom one-off designed Auxiliary Ketch

Length over all - 60 feet / 18.29m

Draft - 5ft / 1.52m

Beam - 13ft 6inches / 4.11m

Gross Tonnage - 37 tonnes

Year of build - 1922

Designer and Builder - John I Thornycroft and Company Ltd, at Hampton-on-Thames

Hull Construction - Carvel Teak on Oak frames

Deck -Teak

Original Engines - Twin 30 horsepower Thornycroft petrol/paraffin; subsequent engines two (not twin) 45 horsepower Gardner LK diesels (still in the owners possession); current engines twin Nani 110hp diesels

Rig - Gaff Ketch

Cruising Speed - 8 knots. Top speed to 10.5 knots 

Stem - Curved

Stern - Counter

Ships Dinghy - 12 foot gaff rigged Mylne, built in 1923 

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