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is this boat a target towing launch |
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samuelbennett 
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 Topic: is this boat a target towing launchPosted: 22 August 2005 at 9:09am |
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the picture at http://samuelbennett.fotopic.net/p19117441.html is of my
dads old boat called tempest I belive it was a ex target towing launch
the hull is of double diganol construcation and was moored at thames
dittion I am afried the boat caught fire and sunk and my dad died 16
years ago so there is very little information I hope to make a replica
of her.
thank you samuel bennett |
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Christian
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Posted: 30 November 2005 at 2:49pm |
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Hello Samuel Tempest was almost certainly a British Power Boats type 63' HSL Air Sea Rescue launch from early WW2,similar to 102 which can be viewed elsewhere on this site.HSL Mouldings do a very nice kit of this boat,see their website for details.See also the web link next to my name in member list, the bot in qustion is at 1/72nd RAF no 121.
Hope this helps Christian |
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Christian
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Posted: 14 December 2005 at 3:15pm |
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OK it's change my mind time-she looks a tiny bit short to be a type100,so more likely to be a Generals Class 57 ft Royal Army Service Corps HSTTL(very similar to the type100 and 60'MTBs).She would have been built pre-war circa 1938,only 10 were ever built.One survives at Shoreham(as Houseboat) as Raglan.
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d-zine
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Posted: 05 January 2007 at 1:15pm |
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Hello Samual/Christian I thought that people viewing the forum would like to easily be able to see the boat being refered to so I have uploaded the image from the website.Just a bit of house keeping.
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cofrada
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Posted: 14 January 2007 at 1:52pm |
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my first impression was 100 Class. On second thought it may be one of the HSLs numbered 2546-2551, if so it would be a rare beast. 2551 was lost to enemy action in 1944 working out of Gorleston; but the others survived the war all being struck of charge in 1946/47. too much to hope that there is a builders plate lurking somewhere Edited by cofrada |
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Wmplynig
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Posted: 17 June 2007 at 12:49pm |
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My father worked on HSL 121 and says that this is not one of those launches ( HSL 101-121 )
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barnacle
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Posted: 18 August 2007 at 11:22am |
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how about this one? i seem to remember seeing this one lying there years ago and often wondered what exactly she was in her former life..
www.flashearth.com/?lat=50.356255&lon=-4.10742&am p;z=18.4&r=0&src=msl Edited by Pioneer |
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