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HL 113 Fiona Fay x 3..(Launch)

PostPosted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 9:28 pm
by michaelb
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Built by James Noble Fraserburgh for Hartlepool owners,my father was first skipper also helped with the design and layout....

Re: HL 113 Fiona Fay x 3..(Launch)

PostPosted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:18 pm
by Whickham
Has to be the steepest launch I have ever seen. Was she just dragged off the quayside?

Re: HL 113 Fiona Fay x 3..(Launch)

PostPosted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 11:03 pm
by michaelb
Sledge type launch,pulled off the stocks....you can see sledge in water in 2nd photo and cable in 1st....

Re: HL 113 Fiona Fay x 3..(Launch)

PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:39 am
by magoonigal
10 Tons Net.
24 Gross.
95 Hp.
Built Fraserburgh in 1958.
Owners at one point were the Janet Fishing Co Ltd, c/o W. M. Gregg & Son Ltd, Hartlepool.

The Bow and Hull Form to the right suggest a Fairmile 'D' Type MTB, reclassed as a Fast Patrol Boat.

115 x 21 x 5 ft.
4 x Packard Engines developing 5,000 hp and giving a speed of approx. 30 knots.

Re: HL 113 Fiona Fay x 3..(Launch)

PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:58 am
by Whickham
Thanks Michael. Looks very dramatic, up there with a sideways launch.

Re: HL 113 Fiona Fay x 3..(Launch)

PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 5:20 pm
by magoonigal
Cept that's its BUM not its side....... :oops: :oops: :oops: