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 | Jackie Platt |
 | 2006 |
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Mystery Boat in Burray
This old boat was, until recently, in the boatyard at Burray. Can anyone supply details of it's name and history. I believe it is called the 'Noup Head' but I'm not sure. Any help greatly appreciated.
[Over to you Rob... - Steven]
15 May 2008.
She is now back in the water with a new keel and repaired copper sheathing.
She is a Harbour Service Launch, 52 feet long, 12feet 6 ins wide, double diagonal teak hull, probably built during or just before the 1914-18 war. Originally coal fired steam driven she came to Orkney with a Weddup (spelling?) diesel engine. Currently has a Leyland 500 160 Hp engine. Her original function was to serve the battleships and other big ships anchored off any harbour. She may have been in service anywhere in the world that the British navy operated, as they took these launches with them to India etc. We want to find out her original navy number as the transom, where it was carved in, was lost some years ago. If anyone has a photo showing the aft deck, it may have parts or all of that number visible on the transom. The navy can supply her full service history if we can give them that number. In George Kent's time she also did many emergency hospital dashes to and from the North Isles. This was before the Loganair air ambulance service.
Added by William McEwen (Westray) on 26 June 2008.
She is a Harbour Service Launch, 52 feet long, 12feet 6 ins wide, double diagonal teak hull, probably built during or just before the 1914-18 war. Originally coal fired steam driven she came to Orkney with a Weddup (spelling?) diesel engine. Currently has a Leyland 500 160 Hp engine. Her original function was to serve the battleships and other big ships anchored off any harbour. She may have been in service anywhere in the world that the British navy operated, as they took these launches with them to India etc. We want to find out her original navy number as the transom, where it was carved in, was lost some years ago. If anyone has a photo showing the aft deck, it may have parts or all of that number visible on the transom. The navy can supply her full service history if we can give them that number. In George Kent's time she also did many emergency hospital dashes to and from the North Isles. This was before the Loganair air ambulance service.
Added by William McEwen (Westray) on 26 June 2008.
Added by Rob Thomson on 15 May 2008.