Name: | GALATEA |
Type: | Steam Yacht |
Launched: | 27/10/1905 |
Completed: | 02/1906 |
Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 240 |
Dimensions: | 569grt, 221nrt, 170.0 x 30.3 x 13.8ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (12.25, 21 & 33 x 24ins), 137rhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120924 |
History: | |
09/1905 | Mersey Docks & Harbour Board, Liverpool |
08/1940 | British Royal Navy |
1941 | Renamed PYGMALION |
1946 | Mersey Docks & Harbour Board, Liverpool; renamed GALATEA |
1959 | Wrightson Bros Ltd, Liverpool |
1960 | Deleted |
Comments: | 1906: Used as the official yacht of the Harbour Board |
1913: The Royal Yacht for King George V at the opening of the Gladsone Graving Dock | |
08/1940: Hired for use in the examination service | |
1959: Towed away by the tug MERCHANTMAN | |
1960: To be converted into a yacht club |
In use as the Royal Yacht. Photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above two photos courtesy of the Dickinson Collection