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Sphinx
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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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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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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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| 6696 | Sphinx | Wood | BmSlp | [ ] - | - | 84 | [ ] - | ÅboBåtvarf | Åbo | S. Frosterus | Helsingfrs | |||
| 6697 | Sphinx | Wood | TwnSc | 3:78 | 387 | 8.2 | 47 | DixonBros. | Southmpton | 2 Petrol Motors | A.L. Horsley | Southmptn | ||
| 6698 | Sphinx | Wood | BmSlp | - 5 | 27.9 406 23.5 | 6.4 | - 48 | Angholmens Båtvarf A.Nygren | Gothenburg 1917 | S. Westerberg | Gothenb'rg |
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| 277 Morning Flight. 279 Invertiel. 280 Talis II., 282 Golden Dragon, | 1 Naja, 2 Top, 4 Sphinx, 7 Cheerio. |
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| 609 E ELLA SCH. W.R.S. BOND | 610 L DORADE II M. J.& E. LUMB | 611 QUICKSTEP CUT E.COOPER | 612 S2 SUNFLOWER II M.SCH J.D. SHERWOOD | 613 SPHINX SPHINX M.LCH A.L. HORSLEY | 614 TESSIMA. M. COL. W.R.GLOVER, C.M.G., D.S.O. T.D. | 615 RAVAGEUR M. L.G. ADOR. | 616 VERVE OF RHU. KCH J.K.M. WYLIE |
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| Sebi | M. | S. Karlebo | 595 | Sphinx | M.Lch | A. L. Horsley | 613 | Teal | Slp. | E. M. Corbett | 285 |
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| m. Ben | 11 | a. Elvira | 11 | m. Hilfranor | 11 | m. Mandragón | 11 | Osborne | 11 | m. Sphinx | 11 |
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| Sphinx | - | & Sons, | m. Winona 25 | a. Ayesha 10 | a. Faith (designed only) 37 |
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| Sphinx 5 | a. Elmari II 26 | m. Marina | 11 | Symra Tamara | - | L'Aile VI 13 | Cheta Colibri | - - |
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| Resolution 12 | a. Eolo | 27 | Sphinx - | 8. Iolanda 1822 | m. Lady Ann | 15 | a. 9 |
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| French, Howard, Sunday Dispatch, Northcliffe House, London, E.C.4.-L.S. a Natsopa 7 | Friend, Osmond, c/o National Mutuai Life Assurance Society, 39, King Street, Cheapside, London, E.C.2. a. Corrie - | Frosterus, S., Tölögatan, 12, Helsingfors. Sphinx | Fuller, A.S., 6. Hillcrest Road, London, W.5. m. Valerie II 6 | Funnell, L. S., 27, Holmdale Road, West Hampstead, London, N. W.6.-Cch. m. Pomme D'Or 7 |
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| Hope, J. A., 61, Herent Drive, Woodford Avenue, Ilford, Essex.-L.S. m. Swallowette 5 | Horn, Frederik, H. Horn & Co., Egertorvet, Oslo, Norway.-Nsk. Spurven IV | Horsley, A. L., Surrey Cottage, All Saints Green, Norwich, Norfolk. m. Sphinx 11 | Houghton, Gordon O., 45, Exeter House, Putney Heath, London, S.W.15.-Ich.-L.S.-Mtr. m. Endymion 11 | Hovdan, Arne, Skippergaten, 5, Oslo, Norway. Bau 6 |
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| Ixia 4 | a. Marigold 30 | Wessblad, Karl A., | Sphinx 5 |
Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199 788 A. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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M44 268 CONFIDENTIAL. By Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, Knight Grand of Cross of the Military Division the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Admiral in His 1941 d3s02 DAYS MILITARY Majesty's Fleet and Commander-in-Chiet of His Majesty's ships and vessels employed and to be employed on the Mediterranean Station. Med. 427/278. MEMORANDUM. LOSS OF H.M.S. SCUDD III. His Majesty's Ship SCUDD III having been lost by enemy action it is my direction that she is to be regarded as having been formally paid off on Wednesday, the 27th day of August, 1941. Pay should be computed to 27th August, 1941, inclusive. Given under my hand this thirtieth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty one. ADMIRAL. Po:- Temporary Acting Lieutenant Robert Cunningham MacMillan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, late of H.M.S. SCUDD III. (Copies to:- Secretary of the Admiralty (Med.1476/427/278). Rear Commodores, Admiral, Royal Alexandria. Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, Devonport and Chatham. Commander, Senior Local Patrols, Ships, Naval Officer, Inshore Alexandria. Squadron. Commanding Officers, H.M. SPHINX. Base Accountant NILE, Officer, H.M.S. NILE.) CANOPUS and
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