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Classic Ex Admiralty MFV - Boat Details
Built for the Admiralty in 1944 by J Bolson & Sons, Poole, Dorset as MFV 740.
She served with the Royal Navy in Belgium up until the end of September 1945, then patrolled off Lowestoft till the end of that year. She was then transferred to Rosyth and operated from HMS Queensferry, servicing the reserve fleet.
She then transferred to the Clyde in 1950. In 1956 her original Chrysler "Royal" petrol engine was replaced with a Foden FD6 diesel engine. she carried on working in the Clyde until 1981 when she was transferred to the Northern Area Sea Cadet Corps and on the West Coast of Scotland, still based in the Clyde. She had a total of 43 years Naval service.
Decommissioned in 1987 she was purchased by the current owners and used as as offshore cruiser as well as being loaned to the Maritime Volunteer Service as a training craft.
In 1994 she appeared in the Battle of the Atlantic review as a wartime minor war vessel.
In 2004 she appeared in Liverpool at the Albert Dock Commemorative Event.
Apart from Sea Cadet work, the owners have cruised her extensively on the West Coast of Scotland and the Irish Sea.
She is listed with the National Register of Historic Ships as MFV 740, registration number 1930.
Accommodation:
Entered via a round hatch in the fore deck, the main cabin has 7 bunks with lockers below, hanging space, a main table, lounge area with lockers above and below and a coal/wood stove.
The two berth forward cabin has lockers below and a small locker on the starboard side.
The heads compartment is fitted with a Baby Blake sea toilet, shower, hand basin and small locker.
Galley:
Full size gas stove with 4 rings, grill and oven. Microwave oven. Tiled work surfaces. Full size stainless steel sink with hot and cold pressurised water, plus cold water from the deck tank.
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