Key details
- Current boat name
- Atta Boy MB 436
- Boat class
- 7383
- Function
- Military
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 9.14 / 30ft
- Beam (m / ft)
- 1.88 / 6ft 2in
- Leeward
- Keel
- Propulsion
- Engine
Design and build
- Designer
- Admiralty
- Date of build
- 1915
- Place of build
- Norfolk
Current status
- Present use
- Sailing
History
Built in 1915 by J W Brooke as MB 436, one of a small batch of 30ft FML's for the RN issued to certain light cruisers. MB 436 was carried by the light cruiser HMS Royalist which took part in the battle of Jutland.
Significance: ATTA BOY MB436 is believed to be the last small naval motor launch left from the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
She is now fully restored and is kept on the Thames.
Feb 2014 GH