Name: | ALICE |
Type: | Yacht |
Launched: | 16/11/1929 |
Completed: | 12/1929 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1399 |
Dimensions: | 460grt, 199nrt, 162.9 x 27.0 x 13.1ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, Sulzer type, 720bhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots |
Reg Number: | 161340 |
History: | |
07/12/1929 | Sir Richard A Cooper, London |
09/1939 | The Admiralty |
1947 | Edmund Crane, London; renamed NATALIE |
1952 | Registered at Durban |
1955 | Registered at Jersey |
1959 | William Buckland, London |
1965 | JD Brayley, London |
1970 | F Sakakibara, Tokyo |
1971 | Hatsukaichi – Kanko Co, Tokyo |
1974 | Unknown owner, Hiroshima |
1996 | Broken up |
Comments: | Designed by Cox & Stevens of New York |
09/1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty for anti-submarine duties | |
1941: Purchased for use as an accommodation ship | |
1974: Became a static exhibit in a theme park at Hiroshima | |
1996: Theme park closed and NATALIE was broken up |
Above photo as ALICE, by Frank & Sons, is copyright of Michael P O’Gorman
Above photo as ALICE, by Frank & Sons, is copyright of Michael P O’Gorman
Above photo as ALICE, by Frank & Sons, is copyright of Michael P O’Gorman
Above photo as ALICE, by Frank & Sons, is copyright of Michael P O’Gorman
Above photo as ALICE is copyright of Michael P O’Gorman
Above photo as NATALIE is copyright of Michael P O’Gorman
Above photo as NATALIE is copyright of Michael P O’Gorman
Above photo as NATALIE is copyright of Michael P O’Gorman
Yorkshire Post, Monday, 18/11/1929