Where is this boat now?
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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=826
Printed Date: 26 March 2026 at 9:53pm
Topic: Where is this boat now?
Posted By: quattro
Subject: Where is this boat now?
Date Posted: 29 January 2012 at 3:48pm
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Hi, this is my first time on BMPT forum - so I hope this is in the right section to discuss.
my question is, as a teenager in the mid 60's I used to join my family on holidays on our small boat moored at what was King's Boatyard in Horning Norfolk. I remember this very large grey MTB being used as a house boat moored constantly on the opposite bank to Kings Boatyard(but in the same dyke) - I think that side was not owned by King's.
For years I used to tie up my fishing boat to the MTB's large chain and fish in the lily pads for large bream and tench- the fact that it never moved and the boats food waste came out by the lily pads attracted the fish - happy days!
Anyway, my point is where is this boat now? I still marvel at its size compared to others in the yard, and I vaguely remember a number still on its Hull - but I have forgotton now what it was, and I also remember it had various 'shed like' additions to its upperdeck as well as its Torpedo launch tube at the front. Where is that now - any idea's??
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Posted By: clive
Date Posted: 26 February 2012 at 10:16am
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465? ------------- masbie something in the water. www.freewebs.com/masb32/ |
Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 8:39am
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Hi there,
Yes, sounds like the old Fairmile D, pictures posted on this forum a while back...look broken now, but of course Clive you would be the authority on this one,
Johnk
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Posted By: clive
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 10:18pm
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http://www.bmpt.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=282&PN=1http://www.bmpt.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=282&PN=1 - http://www.bmpt.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=282&PN=1 there is a video on there too! ------------- masbie something in the water. www.freewebs.com/masb32/ |
Posted By: Tim Deacon
Date Posted: 18 June 2012 at 9:28am
Hi! Was she by any chance 'Grey Malkin'?
Just a thought; found this picture somewhere! Think she might have been '653'?
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