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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| THE SECOND SNARK |
165941 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1938 |
27/06/1938 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Tug Tender
| Steel Motor Vessel |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
Leven Yard |
1327 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 50 grt / 29 / |
72.9 ft |
15.1 ft |
4.5 ft |
4ft 6in |
| Engine builder |
Gleniffer Engines Ltd. - Temple Works, Anniesland, Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
Twin oil M4cyl 4SA 4¾"x6" 96bhp 9½kn, 2-screw
1972 re-engined by L Gardner & Sons Ltd
twin M4cyl 4SA 188bhp 9¾kn |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| William Denny and Bros Ltd, Dumbarton |
Glasgow |
25/06/1938 |
| Other names |
| SECOND SNARK (launched) |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
11/1963 Brown Bros & Co Ltd, Edinburgh - reg Leith
5/1969 Clyde Marine Motoring Ltd, Greenock - reg Greenock
19xx Clyde Marine Services Ltd
2017 ??, San Francisco |
| Vessel history |
Between 1961 and 1964 she ran summer cruises on the Firth of Forth from Granton to Inchcolm.
1969 45grt 30nrt
2009 a reported sale to Norwegian interests did not materialise. 2010 laid up at Fairlie before receiving a refit entering service again in September of that year "in 1938 condition", between Govan and Yorkhill Quay.
2017 Owners intend fitting her out as a yacht tender, based in south of France. Left Clyde c2/9/2017 |
| Remarks |
| capacity 48 passengers |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
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Preserved |
| Disposal Detail |
'Cruising Monthly' April 2018 "The vessel has been sold for breaking up on the south coast of England"
'Cruising Monthly' May 2020. "Saved by Haimsh Munro 2018. Returned to Fairlie Quay Marina then relocated to Garvel Clyde 03/2020.
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Image courtesy of :
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Image courtesy of : Paul Strathdee
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At the Clyde River Festival 2007
Image courtesy of : David S
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at Fairlie
Image courtesy of : J A Pottinger
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THE SECOND SNARK Gravel Drydock 04/12/2021
Image courtesy of : Tommy Bryceland
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