The boat featured is not currently for sale by Boatshed. The boat information and images presented are part of Boatshed’s back catalogue of the 25,000+ boats we have listed in the last 20 years and appear here for general information and guidance purposes about Boatshed and our boat selling systems and services

Motor Cruiser 32ft

Live Aboard Royal Navy History
£0 Sold / Unavailable
  • Boat REF#  ·  242475
  • LOA  ·  9.75m
  • Year  ·  1937
  • Construction  ·  Wood carvel
  • Underwater profile  ·  Full-displacement
  • Berths  ·  4
  • Engine  ·  2 x Diesel 205hp, Twin BMC Commander 2.2ltr ()
  • Lying  ·  Plymouth, Devon UK (by appointment only)
Boatshed Plymouth
Boatshed Plymouth

The boat featured is not currently for sale by Boatshed. The boat information and images presented are part of Boatshed’s back catalogue of the 25,000+ boats we have listed in the last 20 years and appear here for general information and guidance purposes about Boatshed and our boat selling systems and services

Extra Details

Builder Brooke Marine
Lying Plymouth, Devon UK (by appointment only)
Fuel capacity 210.0 ltr (46.2 G) Total - 3 Tanks
Water capacity 300.0 ltr (66.0 G) Total - 2 Tanks
Holding tank capacity 50.0 ltr (11.0 G) Total - 1 Tanks

Mechanical

Engine 2 x Diesel 205hp
Engine make and model Twin BMC Commander 2.2ltr ()
Engine Hours Not Recorded
Engine Cooled Indirect
Steering Wheel
Drive Shaft
Prop(s) 3 Bladed Fixed
Fuel consumption (approx) 4.5 ltr (1.0 G) /hour At Cruising Speed
Cruising speed (approx) 8 knots
Max speed (approx) 10 knots

Borg Warner Velvet Drive gear-boxes with single lever controls.

Dimensions

LOA 9.75m
LWL 9.75m
Beam 3.12m
Draft Max 1.20m
Displacement 6,500kg (14,332.5lbs)
Headroom 1.83m
Storage Ashore

Electrical Systems

12 volt battery, 2 batteries charged by: engine, shore power

Construction

Construction Wood carvel
Underwater profile Full-displacement
Finish Paint finish

Carvel planked Oregon pine on oak frames and oak backbone
Oak floors
Long external iron ballast keel
Wheel house constructed in panelled mahogany
Traditional varnished mahogany sky-light mid foredeck

Accommodation

Total # of berths 4
No. of single berths 4
Cabin(s) 2
Handbasin 1
Shower 1
Heads 1 heads (Sea Toilet)

Eberspacher heating
Coal burner
Towel rail
Original Blakes heads, handbasin & powerful shower
Art deco style lighting in saloon
Flavel Wayfarer Cooker
2 x Stainless sinks
Aft berths (as singles) are 6ft 2 inches long & 2ft 8 inches wide the full length.
Aft berth as a double is 7ft 10 inches long & 4ft 2 inches wide the full length.
Forward berths are 6ft 6 inches long & 2ft 2 inches wide at the top decreasing to 1ft 6 inches.

In the forward cabin, the height is 5ft 11 inches up to the beams, raising to 6ft 8 inches under the skylight / hatch.
In the galley, the height is 6ft 1 inch.
In the aft cabin, the height is 5ft 8 inches to the beams.
In the wheelhouse, the height is 5ft 11 inches at the helm and 6ft 4 inches at the aft end of the wheelhouse.

2 burner gas cooker/stove

Accommodation

Cooker/stove
Grill
Oven
Sink
Refrigerator
Cabin heating
Pressurised water system
Hot water system
Non-Smokers

Eberspacher heating
Coal burner
Towel rail
Original Blakes heads, handbasin & powerful shower
Art deco style lighting in saloon
Flavel Wayfarer Cooker
2 x Stainless sinks
Aft berths (as singles) are 6ft 2 inches long & 2ft 8 inches wide the full length.
Aft berth as a double is 7ft 10 inches long & 4ft 2 inches wide the full length.
Forward berths are 6ft 6 inches long & 2ft 2 inches wide at the top decreasing to 1ft 6 inches.

In the forward cabin, the height is 5ft 11 inches up to the beams, raising to 6ft 8 inches under the skylight / hatch.
In the galley, the height is 6ft 1 inch.
In the aft cabin, the height is 5ft 8 inches to the beams.
In the wheelhouse, the height is 5ft 11 inches at the helm and 6ft 4 inches at the aft end of the wheelhouse.

2 burner gas cooker/stove

Deck Gear

Warps
Fenders
Boathook

Manual Simpson Lawrence windlass
2 anchors
(CQR & Fishermans)
15.00m of chain
15.00m of warp

Nav Equipment

Compass
Speed
Log
VHF
GPS
Clock
Barometer
Navigation lights
Echo sounder

Echo Pilot Bronze Trio
Garmin GPS128
VHF Compact XS-25RT

Safety Equipment

Searchlight
Horn

3 bilge pumps (1 manual / 2 Electric)

Broker's Comments

If you're looking for a comfortable, cosy and characterful home on the water, then come and have a look at this well restored and maintained wooden motor vessel.

Built by Brooke Marine of Lowestoft in 1937 as a prototype estuary and river cruiser, this vessel was used as the builders demonstration model until the outbreak of the war when she was at first chartered and then bought by the Royal Navy. Shipped out to Australia, for the duration of the war, she was employed as a support vessel to a flying boat squadron.

Post war, returned to England and purchased back by Brooke Marine where she was kept by the family for some years, this vessel went through an extensive restoration period in the late 1990's and then spent time cruising the South Coast and the Thames.

Purchased by the current owner in 2011, she has been further enhanced with the installation of new fresh water pumps, a Colin Frake Faversham stove and the Eberspacher heater has been removed, rebuilt and reinstalled.

There is a surprising amount of living space for a 32ft vessel, providing a good home for it's previous, present and future owners.

These boat details are subject to contract.
Note: Offers on the asking price may be considered.

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