HSL 142/143
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Category: General Discussion
Forum Name: Where Are Those Boats Now
Forum Description: Tell everybody where those old boats are
URL: http://www.bmpt.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=464
Printed Date: 26 March 2026 at 11:42pm
Topic: HSL 142/143
Posted By: captaindc
Subject: HSL 142/143
Date Posted: 02 December 2007 at 7:20am
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Hi All, It's my first post here - though I think my other half has been here before. Anyway, it is with some reluctance that I am contemplating the sale of of Transmare (home page transmare.dragonflyriver.com. She was a Harbour Steam Launch built at Roehenge Iron Works Colchester about 1912 and she's still in very good nick - we live on her here in Cyprus. I'd like her to be restored - otherwise all that will remain is the hull. I'd like her to be back in the UK as part of our navel and maritime history - I understand she's the oldest and slill floating. Ideas etc. would be appreciated David |
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Posted By: BoatBird
Date Posted: 02 December 2007 at 8:02am
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Hehe he got the hull number wrong its 174 or 175 :D
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Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 02 December 2007 at 11:19am
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I think pioneer will be onto this, but suggest you put up an add on the boats for sale section of this site, works well as you will see a number of craft have gone ex Gib and UK, so worth a try.
Johnk |
Posted By: Pioneer
Date Posted: 02 December 2007 at 3:03pm
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Oh to be a Moderator?? I wonder why this has been Posted under HSL 142/143?? Seriously: the way forward on here is to move, as suggested by 'johnk', to 'advertise' within the 'Boats for Sale' on the main site. This costs nothing, just send the details to 'Contact'. It certainly is sad news to hear that your 'Transmare' dreams may come to an end Meanwhile, best of luck to you both Regds ------------- Pioneer - Forum Moderator |
but maybe you have plans for the future that we may share?Posted By: captaindc
Date Posted: 03 December 2007 at 7:04am
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My apologies, I was somewhat depressed by having to post. Issues are not that complex - though the emotions are - which prompted the post. As Kathryn says we have all the hard work of boating but none of the pleasures. To which I agree. Kathryn's done fantastic research and opened our eyes to a rich vein of boating history - I don't want to see Transmare just rotting away or me failing to keep up with all the work - which I confess I don't have the funds for. Transmare is a complex of materials and needs to be restored - otherwise it's a rip back to the hull and redesign. Either way that's 3 to 4 years on the hard............ I had thought that there might be a Trust - or something funded by either Lottery or EU money to preserve our maritime history I don't know - I guess I'm not a happy bunny. David
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Pioneer wrote:Posted By: tramontana
Date Posted: 03 December 2007 at 8:03am
unfortunatly captaindc getting money to preserve our maritime history is rather difficult not unless you have the "Cutty Sark" where there appears to be no problem with funding, for the amount of money they have obtained it should be in full sail in the future rather than stuck in a dock. For people like yourself at the smaller end of the size range unfortunatly it is left up to you and your pocket or setting up a Trust hopefully with the help of the "Medusa's" lottery application writer who did a brilliant job of their application for funding
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Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 03 December 2007 at 5:07pm
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Indeed, agree with the above, as a private person you are reliant on your own resources, EU maybe as your are in Cyrprus? but a long shot, for UK funds the vessel would have to be here. Best hope would be sale to a private person with cash/skills/time or a group with same, perhaps register as a charity and then be able to apply for funds. As mentioned before, here a combination of the above have saved and restored some of our vessels. Note National Historic Ships Unit have produced a list of grant giving bodies to apply to, also do some small grants themselves, though you have to be in UK and mostly if not always a registered charity to apply. Sorry can't be more helpfull, the situation is not brillaint, restoration of course one thing, keeping in one piece another!
JohnK |
Posted By: captaindc
Date Posted: 07 December 2007 at 9:00am
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I appreciate your responses, I am at a loss to say more. I'm a bit low in spirits at the moment. Regards, David |
Posted By: tramontana
Date Posted: 08 December 2007 at 5:05pm
| If you unfortunatly have to sell captaindc you can now claim "as seen on television" as she was on last night moored next to"Aphrodite" the programme she was shown on was "A Place in the Sun"!!!! |