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Whitewater

ORDE: 0 · SCSL: 0 · Lloyd’s: 1 · Red List: 0

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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 Yacht

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.

Details

Ship: Whitewater

Page: Lloyds_Register_of_Yachts_1939_0645

Document Collections — Tagged Pages

10 pages

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Lloyd’s Yacht Register (1939)

Internet Archive / Lloyd’s Register Foundation Heritage Centre

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Page 456

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Matching table OCR

7796 163524

Whitewater Wood (exMissSwiftflyIII) Pet.Mot.

TwnSc

10:96 13.57 18

462 473 46.1

96 60

43 25

V.Despujols V.Despujols

Neuilly-sur- Seine 1930

2 Petrol Motors each6Cy.3, Gray,36

W. H. Richards

London

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Page 625

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Matching table OCR

Miah II

Gaio.

m. Whitewater.

Mookerjee

a. Isprava.

My LadyAnne

m. My Lady

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Page 646

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Matching table OCR

m. Mayflower

m. Whitewater

m. Kaydee

m. Rutland

a. Charmian

a. Janmay

Details

Page 820

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Matching table OCR

Severn II (P.O.) 11

m. Whitewater 18

Surrey.-Gvs.(V.C.)-Ran. a. Chanticleer 12

TNA MT 40 36 Pt 2

TNA

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, MT 40 36 Pt 2. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Page 281

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Matching table OCR

"WHITEWATER"

M/Y

W.H. Richards

TO.9364/40

156.16. -

343. 4. -

In full and final settlement.

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Page 286

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OCR text

DUNKIRK EVACUATION
CLAIMS OUTSTANDING:- "TOTAL LOSS"
AS AT 10-10-41
Name of
File No.
Claim.
Remarks & Action
Vessel.
Taken.
8
EMPRESS
Negotiations continuing and
QUEEN OF
mm
T.M. 3716/40
£2,250
}
awaiting letters of
ENGLAND
£1,750
administration.
NEMO IV
T.M. 3889/40
£4,500
Offered £1,028 less £250
already advanced on account.
Case may go to Tribunal.
NEW WHITE
$3,000
Offer of £1,325 made,
HEATHER
T.M. 3899/40
awaiting reply.
Lifeboats
FURNESS WITHY
T.M. 7508/40
£459.3.4d.
& CO. LTD.
Total Loss (3)
Under consideration.
& Equipment
Doubt as to whether these
W.D. INGLIS
T.M. 5094/40
£321.18.-d.
were used for Dunkirk
& S.J. MILLS
evacuation.
BLUE STAR LINE
.12534/40
£1454.15.-(9)
Obtaining more details.
CLAIMS OUTSTANDING OTHER THAN "TOTAL LOSS"
9:
AS AT 10-10-41
QUEEN BOADICEA
T.M. 3718/40
Repairs
Offer refused. Requires
replacement of engine.
Negotiations continuing.
WHITEWATER
T.O. 9364/40
Repairs
L.A. Robinson's estimate of
cost of repairs not accepted
by owner. Negotiations
continuing.
BLUE STAR LINE
M.12534/40
£1665.5.
Obtaining further details.
LTD.
Repairs equip-
ment and labour
expenses.
"S
"Si,
Lifeboats.
Involved with Netherlands Commission from whom we have not
This the
been able to get a clear statement.
followed
up. Mt.

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Page 290

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OCR text

JR/Ris
DUNKIRK EVACUATION.
Claims Outstanding (other than TOTAL LOSS).
Name of
File No.
Claim.
Remarks & Action
vessel.
taken.
BLUEBIRD
T.M. 4136/40
£99.17.0d
Awaiting T.619
+ Hire
EILEEN
T.M. 8435/40
Hire £3
Awaiting report of
local payments.
FERRY KING
T.M. 8438/40
Hire
Awaiting claim &
T.619.
FOLKESTONE
BELLE
T.0.9201/40
Repairs &
Offer made.
Compensation
for lost
engine.
QUEEN
BOADICEA.
T.M.3718/40
Repairs.
Awaiting reply to
offer.
RAUMA
T.M.5438/40
Repairs.
Awaiting claim.
TRUE BELLE
T.M.8436/40
Hire.
Awaiting report of
local payments.
WHITEWATER.
T.0.9364/40
Repairs.
L.A. Robinson's
estimate of cost of
repairs not accepted
by owner.
MOTOR BARGES.
FERROCRETE.
T.O.7976/40)
MOLLOU
T.0.9424/40)
Awaiting rate of hire
MOUNT
T.0.9125/40)
Hire
for M. Barges to be
OLIVE MAY
T.0.8532/40)
agreed with owners.
PUDGE
T.O.7764/40)
SHERFIELD
SHAWFORD
T.O.9423/40.
LIFEBOATS.
Involved with Netherlands Commission
from whom we have not been able to
get a clear statement.

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Matching table OCR

Ro "Whitewater" Fu MOTOR BARGES.

T.0.9364/40

Repairs

Awaiting surveyor's report.

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Page 326

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Matching table OCR

"WHITEWATER"

M.Y.

L.A.Robinson

TO.9364/40

29. 19. 7

Not yet completed

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Page 328

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Matching table OCR

"WHITEWATER" "ELVIN" "CACHALOT" mn

Leo. A. Robinson

" " " Pt.II

2 6 -

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