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Corsair
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ORDE Registry
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Small Craft Service List
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Red List (1939–40) — OCR
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Ship Details
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- Ship type: Motor Boat
Lloyd’s Yacht Register (1939)
Source: Lloyd’s Register Foundation, Heritage & Education Centre, Lloyd’s Register of Yachts 1939, digitised via Internet Archive. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Images have been converted, resized and watermarked for web display; machine-generated table OCR has been added.
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11 pagesImaged document collections containing pages whose OCR text or table data has been tagged with the name Corsair. Open a collection to view the page images and transcriptions.
Source: Lloyd’s Register Foundation, Heritage & Education Centre, Lloyd’s Register of Yachts 1939, digitised via Internet Archive. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Images have been converted, resized and watermarked for web display; machine-generated table OCR has been added.
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| 1392 | Corsair | Steel | TwnSc | 470 | 427 224 | BathIron | Bath,Me. | Turbo-Electric | J.P. Morgan | New York | R | ||
| 1393 | Corsair | Wood | ScKch | 716 | 418 | 9.9 5.5 | Woodnutt& | St.Helens, | Petrol Motor | Maj. T. Hercy Denman, | Southmptn | ||
| 1394 | Corsair | Wood | Sc | 250 | 60 | Paraffin Motor | S. H. Ewen | Burnham- | |||||
| 1395 | Corsaire | Wood | AuxYwl | 561 | 10.1 5.9 | Ambrosio& | Marseilles | Petrol Motor | Carl Ellis Wandel | Oopenhagn | |||
| 1396 | Corsaire | Wood | AuxSlp | 381 | 96 66 | Jas.A.Silver | Rosneath | Petrol Motor | Mrs. A. J. Ferguson | Gareloch- | |||
| 1397 | Corsaire | Wood | AuxBm | 313 | 103 | DerkT. | Elbing | Petrol Motor | Ch. H. Hettier de | Courseulles |
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| McCaw W.O.W.X. Gleam | W.Q.D.R. Rene W.Q.D.Z. Corsair | Y.M.E.C. Peter von Danzig Y.P.R.C. Luceafårul | Z.S.M.D. Carol | Z.S.P.V. Kestrel |
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| m. Ocean Wave | 18 | m. Corsair | 17 | m. Mesme | 17 | m. Talisman | 17 | Dorinda | 16 | m. Lutha | 16 |
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| Jester | 60 | m. Silver Cloud | 13 | S. Corsair | a, Islay part) | a. Armorel | |
| a. Corsaire 14 | m. Fenlandria | 9 | Alai 9 | a. Grey Seal 12 |
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| m. Lola II - | m. Bubbles 6 | S. Corsair - | T. M. Tons |
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| m. Corsair (P.O.) 17 | Mersey 4 | Tons a. Alma 111 | m. Avanti 14 |
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| Espiell, Luis, Paseo de Gracia 75, Barcelona.-Brc. a. Aventura (P.O.) 11 | Evans, Maj. Morgan P., R.A., c/o Lloyds Bank, Ltd., 6, Pall Mall, London, S. W.1.-Art.-Ocn. | 'Arcy Hall, Tolleshunt Arcy, Maldon, Essex.-Btr. a. Nellie (P.O.) 12 | Ewen, S. H., 16, The Promenade, Edgware, Middx. m. Corsair 4 | Fair, Colin D., 139, Park Road, Teddington, Middx. Mtr.-R.C.C.-Tam. a. Orion II 16 |
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| a. Lucia 49 | m. Pennine Wind 22 | m. Vanda (P.O.) 6 | Phoque 3 | S. Corsair |
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| a. Deben Viking 15 | a. Dhia II 11 | m. Corsair (P.O.) 17 | Crystal (P.O.) 3 | Lucie VIII 26 |
Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199 2429. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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| CORSAIR (F. A. Capps) | Misc. | CA | IHR | 1.8.40 | 13.3.42 | Free | ||
| CORSAIR (Rev. J. M. P. Howard) | Misc. | IHR | 1.8.40 | 1.42 | ||||
| CORSAIR (Dr. E. R. Tivy) | MB | IHR | .7.40 | |||||
| CORSAIRE - renamed LE FLIBUSTIER | - q.v. |
Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199 795. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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II No. 6200/200D. HEAD OF MILITARY BRANCH, ADMIRALTY. EDIATE. Serial No. 593. 0. REH. part dates of for the these It is coasters regretted can that be no definite SPECIAL SECRET BRANCH ACQUAINT. e The following information is circulated for guidance e below:- crews returned to Depot given. at N essary. for such action within each Admiralty Department as may be "RUJA" "AMAZONE" 7th June for Head of Military Branch. "HORST" 12/14th 31st August, 1940. 5th June S. H. 34 is to be transferred to the 7th Submarine Flotilla (V.A.S. 1821/30). M.V. KIRRIEMOOR has been transferred to commissioned e service on T 98 A Charter for service as a Boom Carrier. e val vessel will fit out at Messrs. (M.017123/40). Barclay, Curles, Glasgow. ne d A/S Trawler SOUTHERN SPRAY commissioned on 30th August, donsta 940. (S.S. No. 488 (21)). of Wisterses 917 (M. 09189/40). I edT excessive M.E With reference to S.S.D.A. No. 587 (4), H.M.S. SANDHURSTat 0 to pay off into C. & 11. on 4th September, 1940. (M. 017099/40). llocated Barge to Invergordon for storage of reserves of ammunition F.4 No. 559 (11)) has now been (A.S.O. 3307/40). nd depth charges. Betate od vsm Jads and S.S. MINSTER have been requisitioned at ST. a: or commissioned S.S. TONBRIDGE service as net layers and will be converted Lg: р"отвлуй" 187538800 Indiana the befaeeper al larland and Wolff, Ltd., Southamption 017107/40). 80jab Coaster MAGGIE LOUGH has been requisitioned at Holman's (nwonx levell Jon Jud at 9325 51009 REJAJE Ja ITO Goode bisq at lard, dmiralty Ponzance, Steam Salvago Wood subject Service. to a She is to be fitted out at that port. (S.S.B.A. No. 584 (2)), has P.A.A. been Target allocated E NORSTA 8. Yacht CORSAIR for conversion to offensive purposes PINGUI GORECH and to Harland and Nolff, CORSAIR Belfast cannot be armed for vessel. ACCOO but Safety will be Vessel. defensively armed as (M. a merchant 016796/40). 10 DOGGEI (enut 8388 91009 DEVIDED TWENTI reference to S.S. D.A.S No. 364 and 368 (14), 0000 ,aNDATISE od YHIT 31 Vall Jadj .И.Я 893838 0481 9. H.D.P. Craft With NOBLES has been renamed (M. 013945/40). ANITA. AVAC-X9 S.S.B.A. No. 567 (10) the undermentioned Dutch were NOTE. (ft, 10. Coasters were Reference paid off on the dates shown:- 7th June, 1940. a intuor 1 RUJA 14th June, 1940. - VO nerfw 0 AMAZONE 5th June, 1940. - HORST 2nd June, 1940. 1011 BILM 30 baell 402 SURSUM CORDA - were 4th July, 1940. NOTE. TINY PACIFIC (S.S.D.A. No. - 541 23rd May, 1940. ENTI E. baall
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