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Red List (1939–40) — OCR
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Ship Details
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- Ship type: Motor Yacht
- Beam: 9 ft
- Length: 36 ft
- Engine: 2 x Morris Petrol
- Build year: 1932
- Draft: 3 ft 6 ins
- Builder: J A Silver, Rosneath
- Return status: lost
- Construction: Carvel
- Displacement: 12 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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Document Collections — Tagged Pages
17 pagesImaged document collections containing pages whose OCR text or table data has been tagged with the name White Orchid. 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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| 7782 | White Orchid Wood | TwnSc | 9.88 | 34.2 | 90 | 5.4 | Jas.A.Silver, | Rosneath | 2 Petrol Motors | ClarenceH.C.Chapman | Greenock | ||
| 163027 | (exAquila) Pet.Mot. | 12.02 | 36.0 | 60 | 3.5 | Ld. | 1932 | each4Cy.75mm.-102 | mm. |
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| Aloha | 94 | m. Sulara. | Anitra | 38 | m. Geishan. | Aquila | 11 | m. White Orchid | Aslia | 6 | m. Ramona. |
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| a. White Magic White Orchid 11 | a. Carla 10 | a. Har-Jeff | 10 | a. Lyemun | 10 | a. Oribi 10 | m. Singapore 10 Sirius 10 |
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| m. Benita 8 | m. Mary Shella | 17 | m. White Orchid | 11 | Ltd., | m. Caducée (Le) 65 | a. Diana II 7 |
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| a. Selina King | 12 | a. Bunny 9 | m. Clarice | 34 | m. Modwena | 18 | m. White Orchid 11 | m. Sweetie II (see page |
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| m. Bluebird 17 | a. Glida 14 | m. White Orchid 11 Sqdn.-Ldr., | Chirta III 11 | Chilcott, Lt.-Comdr. Sir Warden, D.L., J.P., |
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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| White Orchid - |
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| White Orchid | 9A |
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| Islanda - - | |
| Kaydee - - | |
| Lady Christabel - | Yarmouth, I.O.W. |
| Pullis - - | |
| Lotis - - | |
| Gralian - - | |
| Corigoile - | |
| Fairwind - | |
| Finisterre - | |
| Fragrance D - | |
| Isis - - | |
| Laughing Water - Medina - - Rona - - Sea Bequest - Saraphica - Wayfarer - | Weymouth. |
| Gwenna - - | Boats. |
| Lelida - | |
| Leonora - - | |
| Margot III - - | |
| Maud Alaric - | Bridport. |
| Summer Girl - | |
| Vailima - - | |
| Westwind : |
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| Islanda - - | |
| Kaydee - - | |
| Lady Christabel - | Yarmouth, I.O.W. |
| Pullis - - | |
| Lotis - - | |
| Gralian - - | |
| Corigoile - - | |
| Fairwind - - | |
| Finisterre - | |
| Fragrance D - | |
| Isis - - | |
| Laughing Water - | Weymouth. |
| Medina - - | |
| Rona - - | - |
| Sea Bequest - | |
| Saraphica - | |
| Wayfarer - I | |
| Gwenna - Motor I | Boats. |
| Lelida - 1 | |
| Leonora - I | |
| Margot III I | |
| Maud Alaric , | Bridport. |
| Summer Girl I | |
| Vailima - 1 | |
| Westwind - 1 |
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| 16 | |
| Stella Capella | 14 |
| Stella Carina | 13 |
| Stella Leonis | 10 |
| Stella Orion | 25 |
| Stella Pegassi | 36c |
| Stella Polaris | 13 |
| Stella Rigel | 32 |
| Stella Sirius | 35A |
| Stina | 25 |
| Stoke City | |
| Stonefly | 26 36c |
| Stora | |
| Storm Cock | 3A |
| Stour | 13 |
| Strathcoe | 8 |
| Strathderry | 25 |
| Strath Devon | 25 |
| Strathelliot | 14A |
| Strathgarry | 14B |
| Strathmaree | 14B |
| Strath Rannock | 14B |
| Strathspey | 22 |
| Strathugie | 21 |
| Strenuous | 30 |
| Strive | 14 |
| Student Prince | 17 |
| Sturton | 22 |
| Sublime | 23 |
| Success | 17 |
| Suilven | 22 |
| Sukha | 35A |
| Sulara | 5 |
| Sulla | 35A |
| Suma | 15 |
| Sumba | 35A |
| Summer Girl | 9A |
| Summer Maid | 14B |
| Summer Rose | 23 |
| Sunbeam II | 36A |
| Sunbeam III | 22 |
| Sundowner | 14A |
| Sunflower IV | 14A |
| Sunlight | 12A |
| Sunrise | 37 |
| Sunnyside Girl | 28 |
| Sunseeker | 11 |
| Superman | 4 |
| Supporter | 23 |
| Surly | 7 |
| Surprise | 8 |
| Susannah Jane | 2 |
| Susarion | 17 |
| Sussex County | 3A |
| Sutherness | 3 |
| Sutton | 16 |
| Svana | 35A |
| Svega | 35A |
| Swan II | 23 |
| Swiftsure | 23 |
| Sylvia | 14B |
| Swansea Castle | 35A |
| Sweet Promise | 35A |
| Swift | 3A |
| Swift Wing | 15 |
| Swona | 35A |
| Sycamore | 24 |
| Sylph | 12A |
| Sylvana | |
| 21 | |
| Syrian (Norg.) | 36A |
| Syringa | 8 |
| T. | |
| Taeping | |
| Taipo | 22 |
| Tamarisk | 11 |
| 12A | |
| Page | |
| Head | 19 |
| Troup Trout | 9A |
| True Accord | 14B |
| Tumby | 17 |
| Tunisian | 14 |
| Turcoman | 32 |
| Turquoise | 13 |
| Tuscarora | 19 |
| Tweenways | 35A |
| Twente | 9 |
| Twinkling Star | 20 |
| Two Boys | 3A |
| Typhoon | 17A |
| U. | |
| Uberty | 14 |
| Uberus | 19 |
| Ugie Bray | 24 |
| Uiver | 36A |
| Ullswater | 9B |
| Umbriel | 14A |
| Unicity | 35A |
| Unicorn II | 22 |
| Unitas | 20 |
| United Boys | 3 |
| United Boys II | 3A |
| Unitia | 7 |
| Usenco | 14B |
| Utilise | 27 |
| Ut. Prosim | 10 |
| V. | |
| Vadne | 9 |
| Vailima | 9A |
| Valda | 23 |
| Valena | 9B |
| Valerier | 3 |
| Valesca | 35A |
| Valiant | 3B |
| Valmont | 21 |
| Valva | 23 |
| Vanessa | 9A |
| Van Oost | 36c |
| Varanga | 29 |
| Varanis | 35A |
| Vascama | 21 |
| Vedette | 14B |
| Velia | 14 |
| Ventose | 36A |
| Ventsyssel | 18 |
| Venture | 22 |
| Venus | 3B |
| Venus Star | 20 |
| Venus (M.F.V.) | 23 |
| Verbena | 22 |
| Vernal | 14A |
| Vernon II | 8 |
| Vesterland | 26 |
| Victor | 3A |
| Victoria | 9B |
| Victorian | 32 |
| Victory (drifter) | 26 |
| Victory I, II and III | 8 |
| Victrix | 7 |
| Vidonia | 14 |
| Vierge de Lourdes | 35B |
| Vigilant | 27 |
| Page | |
| Viking Bank | 36A |
| Viking Deeps | 36c |
| Vilda | 17A |
| Vindelicia | 14A |
| Vine | 36B |
| Viola | 22 |
| Violet Flowers | 29 |
| Virginia | 5 |
| Visenda | 21 |
| Vivace | 11A |
| Viva II | 3,5 |
| Viviana | 13 |
| Vixen | 3,3B |
| Vixen (M.B.) | 3 |
| Vizalma | 36c |
| W. | |
| Wagtail | 5 |
| Wairakei | 3A |
| Wairakei II | 12A |
| Waldemar | 15 |
| Walker I | 11 |
| Wallena | 21 |
| Walnut | 2 |
| Waltona | 23 |
| Walwyns Castle | 27 |
| Wanda | 11A |
| Wanderer II | 4 |
| Wanderhind | 11A |
| Wanderlust | 11A |
| Wanganui | 11A |
| Wardour | 12A |
| War Duke | 16 |
| Warland | 5 |
| Warrior | 9A |
| War Star | 5 |
| Warwick Deeping | 3 |
| War Wing | 14 |
| Wastwater | 25 |
| Watchful | 15 |
| Waterfly | 15 |
| Watergypsy | 11A |
| Watermeyer | 23 |
| Waveflower | 13 |
| Waverley | 3 |
| Wayfarer | 9A, 14B |
| Wee Cumbrae | 18 |
| Welbeck | 4 |
| Welcome Home | 35A |
| Wellard | 8,25 |
| Wellesley | 5 |
| Wellsbach | 16 |
| Welwyn | 36A |
| Wengan | 17 |
| Weno | 11A |
| West Breeze | 11A |
| Westcliffe Belle | 11A |
| West Haven | 28 |
| West Holme | 4 |
| West Neuk | 27 2 |
| Westlyn | 21 |
| Westward Ho | 9A |
| Westwind (M.B.) | 6 |
| Westwind | 14A |
| Westwood | 28 |
| Whirlpool | 6 |
| White Astor | 14A |
| White Fox |
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| White Orchid | 3B |
Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199 2429. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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| FORWARD ( ex WHITE ORCHID) | MB | 1932 | R(T98B) | 12 | AP | .6.40 | 2. 1.42 £5 |
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 WINDSORA Messrs. Hill Returned - unsuitable WHITE ORCHID Mr. Chapman A.P.S. TAN WHITE LADY No report received from list of missing vessels. WESTALL ? 4B London & Rochester UB Trading Co. Returned to owner. UN WELCOME N.J. Pitman Returned to Owners. US WIDE HORIZON R.B. Chillcott Prepared but did not go. WINIFRED E. Stephens Stood by - did not go. WEYMOUTH BELLE Cosens & Co. Did not go. V V V YAME c/o Wilsons Did not go 8 YOLA Captain Manley Returned to owners.
Source: The National Archives, Kew, CAB 103 191. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: The National Archives, Kew, MT 40 36. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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VESSEL OWNER REMARKS WINDSORA Messrs. Hill Returned - Unsuitable WHITE ORCHID Mr.Chapman A.P.S. WHITE LADY No report received from list of Missing Vessels. WESTALL hAB London & Rochester Trading Co. Returned to Owner WELCOME E.J.Pitman Returned to Owners. DNG WIDE HORIZON R.B. Chillcott Prepared but did not go. WINIFRED E.Stephens Stood by - did not go WEYMOUTH BELLE Cosens & Co. Did not go YAME c/o Wilsons Did not go. YOLA Capt. Manley Returned to Owners. FISHING VESSELS FROM SHOR S.E. AREAS TM 9183/40 EASTERN DISTET. PREPARED TM9184/40. HASTINGS ≤ SCARBOROUGH 8 WHITBY. TM6355/40 4 4 s GRIMSBY & BOSTON TM6355/40 Ceb The Address D Register 20, E 420 HE H H Mishuni N
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| WINDSORA WHITE ORCHID | Messrs. Hill Mr.Chapman | Returned - Un A.P.S. |
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