This 45’ Admiralty Class MFV (#625) was originally built by J & J Lawrence & Co Ltd in Leith for the Royal Navy before being converted to a motor yacht configuration by the Malahide Shipyard near Dublin and subsequently put on the British Part 1 Register at Portsmouth in 1974. A very solid, traditionally built trawler yacht with larch carvel planked hull on sawn oak frames, oak keel with steel shoe and GRP sheathed Fir / Pine decks on oak beams and supporting knees. It has a characterful mahogany interior offering homely accommodation for up to 5 persons in 3 separate cabins. Lovingly maintained by its current owners to a very high standard with numerous very recent upgrades. 2016 survey available on request. Must be seen in Hartlepool (UK) to be fully appreciated.
Dimensions
- Length overall: 49'9" (15.16 M)
- Beam: 15'3" (4.65 M)
- Draft: 6'1" (1.85 M)
- Displacement: 26 Tons
Tanks
- Diesel (2 tanks): 495 Gal (2250 Lt)
- Fresh water (2 tanks): 100 Gal (454 Lt)
Mechanical And Electrical
- 120 hp Foden FD6 Mk1 6 cylinder diesel engine driving fixed 3 blade manganese bronze propeller via 3:1 reduction gearboxoverhauled in 2004/5) gives 7 knots maximum speed
- Full engine instrumentation and single lever control
- Vetus bow thruster
- Cable wheel steering with emergency tiller
- 12 / 24 volt DC electrical systems (13 new batteries in 4 banks) with new engine alternator, voltage sensitive relay module and full circuit breaker protection
- 240 volt AC shore supply with internal ring main including sockets in engine compartment
- Victron 24 volt (30 Amp) and new 12 volt (40 Amp) battery chargers
- New Sterling Power battery to battery 4 step digital charger
- 5 kva Onan generator in sound proof box
- Heart interface inverter
- Engine room blower
- Engine room lights
- Lofrans Titan electric anchor windlass with chain counter and cover
- Pressurised hot and cold fresh water system (new calorifier / immersion) with tank gauge and deck bathing shower
- Sea water deck wash
- Holding tank with overboard / deck discharge
- Automatic electric bilge pumps (2)
- Bilge high water alarms (2)
- Eberspacher diesel powered cabin heating
- 240 volt electric radiators in all cabins
- Windscreen wiper
- Horn
- Status TV antenna
- Sea-Fire automatic fire extinguishing system in engine room with pilothouse alarm (in service)
Spars And Sails
- Douglas Fir single spreader mast and mizzenmast with booms mounted on tabernacles (stripped and revarnished in 2015)
- S/s standing rigging
- Tan terylene sail wardrobe includes mainsail, mizzensail and jib with hanks
- Boom / sail covers (2)
Navigation Equipment
- Furuno radar with scanner mounted on mizzenmast bracket
- Garmin 2010 colour chartplotter
- 2 x Icom IC-M411 DSC VHF radio linked to Garmin GPSMap215 chartplotter
- Pinta Automatic Helmsman autopilot
- Nasa Navtex Pro-Plus
- Raytheon L470 fishfinder / depthsounder
- Silva Star wind speed and direction
- Clock and inclinometer (pilothouse)
- R Cooke & Son inclinometer (lower saloon)
- Clock and barometer (engine room)
- Sestrel steering compass
- Navigation lights including chart table, steaming, deck flood and masthead anchor lights
- Remote controlled searchlights (2)
Accommodation
- Solid mahogany interior with 5 berths in 3 cabins excluding lower saloon and pilothouse (8' maximum headroom)
- Forward cabin with 2 “V” berths and emergency foredeck hatch
- Heads compartment to starboard with new Jabsco electric flushing marine toilet, wash hand basin and hip bath / shower with sump pump
- Good sized galley opposite with 2 x s/s sinks, new LEC fridge, built in freezer, Frigidaire 4 burner gas cooker / grill / oven and new Panasonic microwave oven
- Comfortable lower saloon with “U” shaped dinette arrangement to port (occasional single berth) and 2 seater settee opposite
- Large overhead butterfly skylight provides plenty of ventilation and natural light
- Starboard aft cabin with double berth
- Single berth cabin (currently being used as a study) opposite
- New companionway steps up to fully enclosed marine plywood pilothouse with hardwood frame and excellent all round visibility
- Helm and navigation station / chart table forward
- Aft full width “U” shaped seating area with table (occasional single berth)
- Forward opening windscreen hatch and sliding side windows provide adequate ventilation
- Sliding doors either side to wide walkaround decks with raised bulwarks
- Access to spacious engine room via hatch and steps down from aft deck
- Step on mizzenmast provides easy access to pilothouse roof
- Excellent stowage throughout vessel including numerous lockers / hanging wardrobes, separate gas locker on deck and large lazarette aft of engine compartment
Equipment
- Zodiac inflatable tender with 2.5 hp Honda outboard motor
- Zodiac 6 man coastal canister life raft with cover
- Coastal flare pack
- Lifebelt with light
- 5 x manual fire extinguishers (in service)
- Fire blanket
- Union anchor with chain (30 M)
- Warps and fenders
- Detachable hull mounted boarding steps
- Portable folding boarding / bathing ladders (2)
- Rope boarding ladder
- Bosun’s chair
- Skylight / hatch covers
- Ensign staff
- Fishing rod holders (2)
- Boat hooks (2)
