Wooden Passenger Launch Number 305 (1935) for sale in Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

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Classic wooden passenger launch, Coded MCA Classes V & VI and suitably equipped with the appropriate safety gear and in regular service in The Solent area.

Made with pitch pine keel laid on 8 December 1934 as Morgan Giles No. 305. Her stem, apron, transom and stern were in English oak, with her coaming and fore and aft decks in elm and teak. Her engine was originally built by Parsons at Southampton. She was issued a passenger certificate in two parts: Steam V to operate in the River Dart and Steam VI to operate between Ness at Teignmouth and St Margaret's Bay, Brixham.

History

Nomad was built for S.F. Cocks Esq and sold to a new owner in 1937. Two years later, she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and then served as a Liberty Boat throughout the war, carrying personnel to and from shore leave.

It is rumoured Nomad was at Scapa Flow during the first bombing attack by the Germans on the UK soil in 1939 and suffered bomb damage. She was then taken back to Teignmouth for repairs and fitted with a Meadows engine.

In 1946, her naval service ended and she was purchased by Fred Stoneham, a well-known Torbay yachtsman. She was run as a ferry service out of Torquay Harbour, sailing with two other vessels under the name TRIANGLE CRAFT. In 1964, NOMAD was fitted with a Parsons Pike, a marinised automotive diesel engine with an oil driven gearbox. From 1949-1979, she carried more than one million passengers without incident. She was taken on by a new owner in 1979 and some repair work was carried out, with a Volvo engine fitted. NOMAD then continued work as a passenger vessel. During her time in Devon, NOMAD held the silver plate for the fastest passenger launch in the Teignmouth Regatta.

To this day NOMAD is still working as a passenger launch on and around the Isle of Wight.

Equipment

50 X Lifejackets

4 x Child Lifejackets

2 x MOB Recovery System

VHF Radio

PA System

Deck Lighting

Nav Lights

Fog Horn

Floatation Apparatus

Fire Extinguishers x 3 plus Engine Bay

Anchor, Chain & Warp

Full Canvas Cover

Engine Spares

Toolbox

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