Key details
- Current boat name
- FMD 5004
- Boat class
- 7385
- Function
- Military
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 4.87 / 16ft
- Beam (m / ft)
- 1.68 / 5ft 6in
Design and build
- Date of build
- 1951
- Place of build
- Isle of Wight
Current status
- Present use
- PNBPT
History
HMS Dainty's FMD built by Woodnutt's I o W in 1951 and allocated to the ship from 1951 to 1958. Sold out of Service in 1967, passed to the BMPT before being handed over to the PNBPT in July 2009. Under Restoration Built by Woodnutts as a 16ft hard chine single engine fast motor dinghy in 1951. Allocated to the Daring class destroyer HMS DAINTY from 1951 to 1958 when FMD5004 was placed into reserve. She was issued to Portland Naval base, for the Port Auxiliary Service. She was used by the Chief Engineer until 1962 and sold out of service in 1967. In 2004 she was offered to the British Military Powerboat Trust and in 2009 she was moved to the Portsmouth Naval Base Trust. Oct 2009