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M 2
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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: MTB
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.
No Lloyd’s records.
Document Collections — Tagged Pages
5 pagesImaged document collections containing pages whose OCR text or table data has been tagged with the name M 2. 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.
Details
| Abbreviation or Sign. | No. of Column. | Signification. | Abbreviation or Sign. | No. of Column. | Signification. |
| S.S. | 9 | Special Survey prescribed in Section 7 of the Society's Rules for Composite Yachts (with Port of Survey and date). | U | 2 or 5 | U. Upper deck. Under and boilers. |
| SS | 11 or | Starboard Screw Shaft, with date when this | uE&B | 8 or 9 | engines |
| 12 | shaft last seen. | ||||
| Sch | 3 | Schooner. | |||
| sideppr | 8 | Side propeller. | V. | ||
| Slp ...... | 3 | Sloop. | |||
| Smk | 3 | Smack. | V | 11 | Yacht classed in the Bureau Veritas. |
| Spt | 8 | Superheater. | |||
| srp | 5,8 | Some repairs to hull of Yacht (with date). | |||
| or 9 | W. | ||||
| Stl | 2 | Steel. | |||
| Stm | 3 | Steam. | W. B | 9 | Water Ballast. |
| Sub. Sig. | 2 | Vessel fitted with submarine signalling | W.L. | 5 | Length on Water Line. |
| apparatus. | WS | 2 or 5 | Sheathed with wood. | ||
| W.T.B | 8 | Water-tube boilers. | |||
| T. | Wireless | 2 | Yacht fitted with installation of wireless telegraphy. | ||
| T. | 8 | Triple expansion engines. | Wry | 3 | Wherry. |
| / | 9 | Tons (water ballast). | |||
| trB. | 2 | Tiers of Beams (with number of same prefixed). | Y. | ||
| Trp Sc | 3 | Three Screws. | Y.M | 2 | Sheathed in Yellow Metal (with date). |
| TwnSc | 3 | Twin Screws. | Ywl | 3 | Yawl. |
Details
| MPFV | Elec.Light C.9,27 C.B. Wireless Roof 3Masts | Ratsey,37 | 699 | 140.0 | 17176 | C.E.Nicholson | 10mo | Gardner,Patricroft | 120NH | S.S.Sou.36 | S4,36B | ¥ LMC4,37 +LMC/M 2,39 |
Source: The National Archives, Kew, RED LIST INDEX 1939 40. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Details
| [33] Cloud D - - | |
| [33] Coldsnap - - | |
| [33] Copius D - - | |
| 33] Cumulus - - | |
| [33] Dorothy - - | Scapa. |
| [33] Fairweather - | |
| [33] Fumerole D - | |
| [33] Guiding Light D - | |
| [10] Halo - - | Rosyth. |
| [23] Harmattan - | Fraserburgh. |
| [33] Horison D - | |
| [33] Indian Summer D | |
| [33] Leeward D - - | Scapa. |
| [33] Lunar Bow D - | |
| [33] Mist D - - | |
| [33] Noontide - - | Portland. |
| [33] Olive Tree D - | Peterhead Refit. Date up certain. |
| [33] Sheen D - lotte | Buckie. |
| [33] Shower - - | |
| [33] Whirlpool - - | Scapa. |
| Motor | Fishing Vessels. |
| [33] Argosy F - | |
| [33] Ave Maria F - | Scapa. |
| [33] Braemar F D | |
| [33] Deo Volante F - | Wick. |
| [33] Escalonia F - | Fraserburgh. |
| [33] Golden Thyme F | Scapa. |
| [33] Grateful F - | Wick. |
| [33] Grouville F - | |
| [33] Harvest Hope F - | |
| [33] Helen West F I | |
| [33] Lily Oak F - | Scapa. |
| [33] Mary Sturgeon F - | |
| [33] Mayflower F - | |
| [33] Night Hawk - | |
| [33] Oaklea F - - | Wick. |
| [33] Quiet Waters F - | |
| [33] Roseden F I I | |
| [33] Seafarer F - | Scapa. |
| [33] Star of Hope F - | |
| [33] Bountiful , | |
| [33] Rebuff - - | Houton Bay. |
| [33] Brine - - | |
| [33] Onaway - - | Lyness. |
Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199 790. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Details
364 370 requested by the captain to tow her off the ch, by this time "Nommary was part ned and after memoraining for two hours successed in getting her agent and townd back to the Downs. During the trip Bormil what enjine trenble and could my proud Slow apand at 1400 and bith work Deal, here the troups um drawmonk. 30/5/40 at 1600 I recember orders to ton morny to Ramsete and anchored of the Made 1930 and reported arbore. km this time antil 2'6/40 "Bormaf await in which was computed at 1800 m 2/6/40 recemed and at 1520 m 3/6/40 to proud Damkink and armund alwaysis Mark at and embanked troups. D.A. hime wont Earn during these procerling and I memberned this tow his of but what Dury two the student Upbort of Barmy last and dunts damaged at 0100 cleared kunk herbour and returned ti Ramogate and and at 0700 in think h. and ground off me to hurbour and trops - mator books Tind florted at 0900 and when and to to analy. Shurnin late 5 received any to onless think at another nom I cannot say enough of the Officers and crews of all the M.T.B's and M.A.S.B's and it was an honour to command them. I consider that the young Officers who commended their these boats acted with great skill and courage and handled boats in a cool and unhurried manner under heavy artillery
Source: The National Archives, Kew, CAB 103 191. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Details
| M 2 B 102 | 20 |
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