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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