Category: Boats & Launches

25 ft Motor Cutter

January 4, 2021 /

“Admiralty design in 1938 for destroyer *76 boats built to the original design. Re-designed at admiralty in 1940 and 1120 boats built to re-design. Carried on board destroyers (as seaboats), small cruisers, corvettes, etc.

The boats built during the 1939-45 war showed a marked tendency to sag between chock supports when hanging in davits. The keel structure is being generally stiffened to overcome this defect in boats ordered after 1943.”

35 ft Fast Motor Boat Type I

January 4, 2021 /

Note: type I designation is my own

A scratchy but otherwise fine image of a 35ft Fast Motor Boat of HMS Southampton.

http://www.bmpt.org.uk/other_boats_history/target/index.htm

HIS MAJESTY THE KING VISITS THE FLEET IN NORTHERN WATERS. AUGUST 1941, ON BOARD SHIPS OF THE HOME FLEET.
HIS MAJESTY THE KING VISITS THE FLEET IN NORTHERN WATERS. AUGUST 1941, ON BOARD SHIPS OF THE HOME FLEET. © IWM (A 4716)

COLONEL KNOX'S VISIT, SEPTEMBER 1943, SCAPA FLOW. COLONEL FRANK KNOX, SECRETARY OF THE US NAVY, AND ADMIRAL H R STARK, COMMANDER OF US NAVAL FORCES IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE, VISITED US SHIPS SERVING WITH THE HOME FLEET.
COLONEL KNOX’S VISIT, SEPTEMBER 1943, SCAPA FLOW. COLONEL FRANK KNOX, SECRETARY OF THE US NAVY, AND ADMIRAL H R STARK, COMMANDER OF US NAVAL FORCES IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE, VISITED US SHIPS SERVING WITH THE HOME FLEET. © IWM (A 19429)

ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS VICTORIOUS. 19 TO 25 APRIL 1942. SOME OF THE PERSONALITIES ON BOARD HMS VICTORIOUS.
 ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS VICTORIOUS.
19 TO 25 APRIL 1942. SOME OF THE PERSONALITIES ON BOARD HMS VICTORIOUS. © IWM (A 8404)

35 ft Fast Motor Boat – Seaplane Tender

January 4, 2021 /

ATTEMPT TO SALVAGE MOTOR CUTTER WHICH HAD BROKEN FREE DURING A GALE. 5 JANUARY 1942, AT SCAPA.
ATTEMPT TO SALVAGE MOTOR CUTTER WHICH HAD BROKEN FREE DURING A GALE. 5 JANUARY 1942, AT SCAPA. © IWM (A 6951)

35 FOOT AIRCRAFT TENDER. 24 AUGUST 1944, PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR, DURING TRIALS OF THE VESSEL.
35 FOOT AIRCRAFT TENDER. 24 AUGUST 1944, PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR, DURING TRIALS OF THE VESSEL. © IWM (A 25324)

35 FOOT AIRCRAFT TENDER. 24 AUGUST 1944, PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR, DURING TRIALS OF THE VESSEL.
35 FOOT AIRCRAFT TENDER. 24 AUGUST 1944, PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR, DURING TRIALS OF THE VESSEL. © IWM (A 25325)

35 FOOT AIRCRAFT TENDER. 24 AUGUST 1944, PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR, DURING TRIALS OF THE VESSEL.
35 FOOT AIRCRAFT TENDER. 24 AUGUST 1944, PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR, DURING TRIALS OF THE VESSEL. © IWM (A 25326)

35 FOOT AIRCRAFT TENDER. 24 AUGUST 1944, PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR, DURING TRIALS OF THE VESSEL.
35 FOOT AIRCRAFT TENDER. 24 AUGUST 1944, PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR, DURING TRIALS OF THE VESSEL. © IWM (A 25327)

35 FOOT AIRCRAFT TENDER. 24 AUGUST 1944, PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR, DURING TRIALS OF THE VESSEL.
35 FOOT AIRCRAFT TENDER. 24 AUGUST 1944, PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR, DURING TRIALS OF THE VESSEL. © IWM (A 25328)

45 ft Diesel Picket

January 4, 2021 /

http://www.bmpt.org.uk/pnbpt_historic_boats/The-Green-Parrot/index.htm

A 45ft Diesel Picket aboard HMS King George V (Alan C. Green collection)



Three images of HMS Vanguard’s Diesel picket.

Source: https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-K-16000/80-G-K-16177.html


A ROYAL MARINE BOAT AT THE BOOM (HMS Duke of York). © IWM (A 20533)

45 FOOT DIESEL PICKET BOAT, AT SEA.
45 FOOT DIESEL PICKET BOAT, AT SEA. © IWM (A 7064)

45 FOOT DIESEL PICKET BOAT, AT SEA.
45 FOOT DIESEL PICKET BOAT, AT SEA. © IWM (A 7065)

45 FOOT DIESEL PICKET BOAT, AT SEA.
45 FOOT DIESEL PICKET BOAT, AT SEA. © IWM (A 7066)

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