Key details

Current boat name
HMS Vidal's Surf boat
Boat class
7389
Function
Military
Type

Dimensions and specifications

Length (m / ft)
4.34 / 14ft 3in
Beam (m / ft)
1.52 / 5ft
Leeward
Centreboard
Propulsion
Engine

Design and build

Designer
Admiralty

Current status

Present use
PNBPT

History

This Admiralty pattern surfboat saw service on the survey vessel HMS VIDAL. She was donated to the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust by the Maritime Workshop in Gosport in 1994. She has been re-furbished and is on display in the No7 Boathouse, Portsmouth Dockyard. December 2009 (Archive)