Key details
- Current boat name
- Scolopendra
- Boat class
- 7150
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 9.09 / 29ft 10in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 1.52 / 5ft
- Propulsion
- Engine
Design and build
- Designer
- Thornycroft
- Design date
- 1903
- Date of build
- 1903
- Place of build
- Chiswick
Current status
- Present use
- Restoration
History
Built in 1903, SCOLOPEDRA was Runner up in the first,(1903) Harmsworth Trophy, winner of the Yachtsman Trophy and Cowes Cup, all helmed by John E and Tom Thornycroft. Shown at Crystal Palace Motor Show in 1904, sold to the Canadian Govt to chase American Poachers on Lake Erie from firstly CGS Penguin, and later CGS Vigilant( a 3rd Class Cruiser). Sold into private hands about 1913 and raced near Toronto, and converted with new engine to a cruising launch. Not in use since before 1980. Returned to the UK Restoration is being started and she should be relaunched in the Spring of 2016 GH June 2015