Key details

Current boat name
AD 1562
Boat class
7391
Function
Military
Type

Dimensions and specifications

Length (m / ft)
4.88 / 16ft
Beam (m / ft)
1.75 / 5ft 9in
Leeward
Keel
Propulsion
Oar

Design and build

Designer
Admiralty
Date of build
1940c

Current status

Present use
PNBPT

History

This vessel is believed to have been built during the mid 1940's. It served as a life-saving boat on Admiralty Floating Dock at Portsmouth and later transferred to the Shipwright Apprentices Training Centre as a demonstration aid to boat-building. It was transferred to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Society in 1992 and to the Portsmouth Naval Base Prperty Trust in 1998. It is planned to refurbish the boat as an example of a WWII Admiralty Pattern Trawler Boat. December 2009 (Archive)