WESTERN LADY IV
WESTERN LADY IV

 

WESTERN LADY IV
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WESTERN LADY IV passing Calshot 13th May 2011
Built 1942 by Solent Shipyard Ltd, Lower Swanwick as Fairmile B “rescue motor launch” RML 526
Owner: Tony & Kim Medri
GRT 135, Length 34.14, beam 5.58 metres
Originally high octane fuel, max 24 kts, now re-engined 1963 twin Gardiner 14 kts
IMO Number: 0000000
Date: 16.05.2011 13:44
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WESTERN LADY IV history

Stationed with 63rd ML Flotilla at Falmouth, followed by 61st ML Flotilla based at Newhaven and Plymouth. Carried two pounder cannons, two Lewis guns, twelve depth charges. Anti submarine sonar.
Renamed: 1946-1949 Anbrijo to run between Gibraltar and Tangiers with contraband.
1949 renamed Western Lady IV with Fairmile/Western Lady Ferry Services as ferry service between Brixham and Torquay. Retired 2002 and lay in creek.
2007 sold to Tony & Kim Medri , restored and now used as holiday/passenger carrying working vessel
16.05.2011 13:46 Offline chasB
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