| Name: | MAVIS |
| Type: | Yacht |
| Launched: | 29/04/1903 |
| Completed: | 07/1903 |
| Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 224 |
| Dimensions: | 218grt, 80nrt, 130.5 x 21.1 x 11.9ft; (194x: 250grt, 129.6 x 20.1 x 13.0ft) |
| Engines: | T3cyl (10.5, 17.5 & 28 x 21ins), 60nhp; (1952: Oil engine, 8cyl (220 x 330mm) |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields; (1952: Klockner Humboldt Deutz AG, Cologne) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 99479 |
| History: | |
| 11/07/1903 | Frank C Capel, Royal Thames Yacht Club, London; registered at South Shields |
| by 1910 | William Garfit, London |
| 1922 | Sir William T Dupree, Southsea; registered at Portsmouth |
| 1928 | Frank L de S La Terriere, Perthshire |
| 1930 | Ronald G Sillars, Dumbarton |
| 1932 | Percival RL Hurditch, London |
| 1933 | Margaret G Hurditch, Cannes |
| 1934 | France A Fitz-George, Paris |
| 1936 | Albert Batchelor, Broadstairs |
| 1937 | Durand Bros Ltd, London |
| 1938 | Antonio Puccini, Italy; renamed CIO-CIO-SAN IV |
| 194x | Unknown owner; renamed RITA |
| 1955 | Dante Barletti, Genoa; renamed FRANCAMARI |
| 29/11/1957 | Sank |
| Comments: | 09/07/1917: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a ferry & tug |
| 26/05/1919: Returned to owners | |
| 1944: Sunk by German Army at Viareggio, Italy | |
| 194x: Subsequently salvaged & converted into a cargo ship | |
| 29/11/1957: Sank 50 miles north of Jeddah | |
| On a voyage from Massowah to Jeddah |
Above photo as MAVIS is copyright of Kirk & Sons
Above painting as CIO-CIO-SAN IV is by Simone
Above photo as FRANCAMARI is courtesy of Capt Paolo Piccardo
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 04/05/1903