Gay Venture

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Small Craft Service List

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Red List (1939–40) — OCR

4 records

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Ship Details

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Ship type: Motor Yacht
Beam: 12 ft
Length: 45 ft
Engine: 2x 85hp Nanni Diesel
Build year: 1938
Draft: 4 ft
Builder: Watercraft of Molesey
Construction: Pitch pine on oak- Superstructure teak
Displacement: 23 tons

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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Ship: Gay Venture

Page: Lloyds_Register_of_Yachts_1939_0642

Document Collections — Tagged Pages

14 pages

Imaged document collections containing pages whose OCR text or table data has been tagged with the name Gay Venture. Open a collection to view the page images and transcriptions.

Lloyd’s Yacht Register (1939)

Internet Archive / Lloyd’s Register Foundation Heritage Centre

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Page 227

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2509

Gay Venture Wood

TwnSc

15:18

45.3

12.0 5.8

Watercraft,

EastMolesey

2 Petrol Motors

Douglas L. Briault

London

2510 164643

Gay Venturer Wood Pet.Mot.

TwnSc Kch Webb

11:75 17:44 19

39'4 42.0 416

11.1 55 60 45 400

H.Gibbs T.C.Letcher

Teddington 1936

2 Petrol Motors Gray

T. Atkins

London

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Silver Night 29

a. Morwenna

S. Minga 27

m. Gay Venture 26

a. Why Not

m. Nefertari 25

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Naval Construction &

m. Curlew 13

Scheepswerf),

a. Lucrezia 35

m. Gay Venture 26

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m. Gay Venture 26

a. Grey Fox 11

m. Sheemaun

a. Merlin 11

m. Nellwood II 238

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Brady, John, Bank Grove, Albany Park Road, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. m. Mary 8

Brandt, G. H., Rijksweg 212, Overschie, Holland. Maas. a. Wulp 27

Bray, Mrs. J. A., Aux. Ketch Ben Hiant," Tobermory, Isle of Mull.-Hgh.-W.Ils. a. Ben Hiant 96

Bréguet, Louis, 31 bis, Boulevard Suchet, Paris, 16e. Y.C.F.-C.V.P.-Dvl.-Hàv.-Tms. Namoussa V 6

Briault, Douglas L., Woodbury, 64, Grange Gardens, Pinner, Middr.-L.S. m. Gay Venture 26 Brickwood, Harry,

RED LIST INDEX 1939 40

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, RED LIST INDEX 1939 40. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Gay Venture.

Sun Downer.

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Gay Venture

14B

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Gay Venture.

Sun Downer.

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Gay Venture

14A

TNA ADM 199 2429 SMALL CRAFT SERVICE LIST

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199 2429. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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GAY VENTURE (Lt. D. L. Borialt)	MB	1938	R(T98B)	"	AP	28.4.40	1.42
GAY VENTURER (M.O.W.T.) (Prev. owner - F. H. Pitty)	MB		R(T98B) CA		WD(MC) WD(MC)	25.1.44 17.5.44	17.5.44

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GAY VENTURE (Lt. D. L. Borialt)			R(T98B)	=	AP	28.4.40	1.4.42
GAY VENTURER (M.O.W.T.) (Prev.	MB		R(T98B)		WD(MC)	25.1.44	17.5.44

TNA ADM 199 795

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199 795. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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VESSEL
OWNER
REMARKS
FAIRWIND
E. Hutton
A.P.S.
FAITH
T. Lloyd
No report received from list of
MA JC
missing vessels.
FALCON II
Dr. Firth
Returned to owner?
MAJOR
FEDELMA II
Per Crouch Eng. Co.
Re-allocated to A.P.S.
MALDO
FELICITY
T. Davis
T.98 - damaged. Returned to owner.
FERRY NYMPH
C.H. Harvey
T.98. Returned to owner 19/6.
MALVI
FLEET WING
Watercraft, Ltd.
A.P.S.
MOLLY
FLOSS HILDA
Bond's Boatyard
Returned to owners 31.5.40.
MARE 1
FOLKESTONE BELLE
MARCH
Mr. Spraggs
T.98. Returned to owner.
FORMOSA
J. Mears
Returned to owner.
MARGHE
FORTUNA
H.H. Salmon
Returned to owner 19/6.
FORTY TWO
MARINA
N. West
A.P.S.
MARSAY
FRANCIS (99B)
Recketts R.F.
Returned to owners.
FRAM
MARINA
Mr. South
A.P.S.
FLOTSAM
Dorset Yacht Co., Ltd.
Prepared but not used for Dynamo.
MARICEI
FLYING FISH
W. Brazier
Returned to owners 30.5.40. Not
required.
ARY
FIREFLY
A. Newell
Returned to owner.
ARY HO
FAVOURITE SM 225
B. Allen
Returned to owner.
ARY IR)
ARY ROS
RY SPE,
GAVINE
F.A. Cooper
T.98. Returned to owner.
RY SPE/
GAY CRUSADER
A. Foster
T.98. Re-allocated to A.P.S.
GAY FLY
ILDA
Noll Gay
Returned to owner.
GAY VENTURE
D.L. Brisult
A.P.S.
GERTRUDE
BELLE
Morgan Jones
GIPSY KING
T.98. Returned to owner, 6.6.40.
G. Riley
FLOWER
GIRL MARTON
Butchers
Returned to owner 2.6.40.
GIRL NANCY
F.C. Mitchell
Did not go for Dynamo.
DER
GIRL VINE
W. Light (6A)
Returned owner 19/6.
AIDEN
GOLDEN LILY
Lt. E.V. Cullen
Re-allocated to Spl. Admy. Service.
Returned to owner.
EY
GOLDEN SPRAY II
F. Roberts
Reported lost.
ANT
GONDOLIER KING
Poole & Swanage Co.
T.98. Returned to owners.
GONDOLIER QUEEN
Poole & Swanage Co.
T.98. Returned to owners.
LICENT D.
GONDOLIER III
Poole & Swanage Co.
Now on service with M/S Officer Poole.
GOODHOPEY
Bond's Boatyard
No report received from list of missing
vessels.
USA
GOOD LUCK
C.A. Simmons
Re-allocated to Spl. Admy. Service 6A.
IKOI
GRACE
A. Brown
T.98. Returned to owners.
GRACE DARLING IV
C.E. Cundy
Returned to owner.
DRU II
GRACE DARLING (E.36)
Sayers Bros.
Returned to owners.
GWEN EAGLE
D.W. Hudson
TAUR
(Littlehampton List). No trace of
return from Dunkirk.
GALILEE (wY68)
E. Verrill
GWENNY
W.G.S. Crouch
Prepared, but did not go to Dunkirk.
RASOL
Returned to owner.
GWENYTH
Walter Llewellyn & Sons
Repaired, Fuelled, Floated, but not
08
taken over.
GERBERA
Chas. Hill
MADGE
Returned to owner.
MING
MODESTY
PAH
NA
RCH
ROSE
Motor Boat
Motor Boat
vior 1.2 Torpedo I
tor Ferries (
SME

TNA CAB 103 191

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, CAB 103 191. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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OF
VESSEL
OWNER
REMARKS
FAIRWIND
E. Hutton
A.P.S.
FAITH
T. Lloyd
No report received from list of
missing vessels.
FALCON II
Dr. Firth
Returned to owner?
FEDELMA II
Per Crouch Eng. Co.
Re-allocated to A.P.S.
FELICITY
T. Davis
T.98 - damaged. Returned to owner.
FERRY NYMPH
C.H. Harvey
T.98. Returned to owner 19/6.
FLEET WING
Watercraft, Ltd.
A.P.S.
FLOSS HILDA
Bond's Boatyard
Returned to owners 31.5.40.
FOLKESTONE BELLE
Mr. Spraggs
T.98. Returned to owner.
FORMOSA
J. Mears
Returned to owner.
FORTUNA
H.H. Salmon
Returned to owner 19/6.
FORTY TWO
N. West
A.P.S.
FRANCIS (99B)
Recketts R.F.
Returned to owners.
FRAM
Mr. South
A.P.S.
FLOTSAM
Dorset Yacht Co., Ltd.
Prepared but not used for Dynamo.
FLYING FISH
W. Brazier
Returned to owners 30.5.40. Not
required.
FIREFLY
A. Newell
Returned to owner.
FAVOURITE SM 225
B. Allen
Returned to owner.
GAVINE
F.A. Cooper
T.98. Returned to owner.
GAY CRUSADER
A. Foster
T.98. Re-allocated to A.P.S.
GAY FLY
Noll Gay
Returned to owner.
GAY VENTURE
D.L. Brisult
A.P.S.
GERTRUDE
Morgan Jones
T.98. Returned to owner, 6.6.40.
GIPSY KING
G. Riley
Returned to owner 2.6.40.
GIRL MARION
Butchers
Did not go for Dynamo.
GIRL NANCY
F.G. Mitchell
Returned owner 19/6.
GIRL VINE
W. Light (6A)
Re-allocated to Spl. Admy. Service.
GOLDEN LILY
Lt. E.V. Cullen
Returned to owner.
GOLDEN SPRAY II
F. Roberts
Reported lost.
GONDOLIER KING
Poole & Swanage Co.
T.98. Returned to owners.
GONDOLIER QUEEN
Poole & Swanage Co.
T.98. Returned to owners.
GONDOLIER III
Poole & Swanage Co.
Now on service with M/S Officer Poole.
GOODHOPEY
Bond's Boatyard
No report received from list of missing
vessels.
GOOD LUCK
C.A. Simmons
Re-allocated to Spl. Admy. Service 6A.
GRACE
A. Brown
T.98. Returned to owners.
GRACE DARLING IV
C.E. Cundy
Returned to owner.
GRACE DARLING (E.36)
Sayers Bros.
Returned to owners.
GWEN EAGLE
D.W. Hudson
(Littlehampton List). No trace of
return from Dunkirk.
GALILEE (WY68)
E. Verrill
Prepared, but did not go to Dunkirk.
GWENNY
W.G.S. Crouch
Returned to owner.
GWENYTH
Walter Llewellyn & Sons
Repaired, Fuelled, Floated, but not
taken over.
GERBERA
Chas. Hill
Returned to owner.

TNA MT 40 36

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1
TO DOVER LETTER OF 6 ans. 19to
ENCLOSURE No
- 2 -
VI Yachts and Small Craft. (Continued).
Pioneer.
Chelsea.
Two Rivers.
Charlotte.
Unique.
Diana Mary. - DOVER
Eothen.
Cuisisana.
Ramagete 18/6
Princess Lily.
/
The King.
Count Dracula.
Royal Thames.
Gayfly.
Formosa.
Sallyforth.
Margherita.
Kayell.
Maldon Annie.
Anthony.
Canvey Queen.
Imshi.
Miss Ming.
Sinbad II.
Princess Maud.
Curlew.
Empress.
Skylark.
Faversham.
Bream.
Queen Boadicea.
Pike.
Queen Boadicea. II.
Windsor Castle.
Vera.
Omega.
Daphne.
Tinker.
Kingwood.
Black Arrow.
Hurlingham.
Thetis.
The Viscount.
Aljanor.
His Majesty.
Silvery Breeze.
The Marchioness.
Rummy II.
Mutt.
Thark. ih,Dovier 18/6
Jeff.
Thurne.
Beverley.
Fleetwing.
St. Patrick.
Miss Modesty.
Skylark. (whech of may ?)
Gay Venture.
Spinaway.
Westerly.
Mary Rose.
Sylvia.
Advance.
Lorna Doone.
Hanora.
Hazard.
Maid of Honour.
Tigris I.
Cordelia.
Iote.
View Finder.
Shamrock.
Karina.
Queen of England.
Triton.
Wolsey.
Stonehaven.
X
Sceneshifter.
1 name unknown (Thames Conservancy).
1 Seaschool Yacht (Shipping Federation, Cmdr. Cavill).
VII Power Driven Lifeboats.
26 out of 27 have not been returned. It is
understood that 3 are still at Ramsgate.
VIII Ordinary Lifeboats.
34 out of 87 have not been returned.

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