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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
ALICE |
148775 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1926 |
1926 |
06/1926 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Yacht
| Steel Motor Vessel |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
George Brown & Co, Greenock |
Garvel Shipyard |
153 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
90 grt / 48 nrt / 80 tm |
85.75 ft |
14.55 ft |
8.5 ft |
4.75 ft |
Engine builder |
, |
Engine detail |
2 x Paraffin Motors 4SCSA each 6cyl 6" x 8", 2- Screw, by Atlantic Motors Co Ltd, Wishaw By 1936 2 Motors 4SCSA each (6" x 8") 46 nhp. by Atlantic. Wishaw. |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Sir Richard A Cooper, Bart. |
London |
08/06/1926 |
Other names |
1937 HANINI |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1933 Teodoro Morisoni, Naples. 1937 Jospeh Gasan, Malta 12/1944 Emmanuel Magro, Victoria, Gozo 6/1964 J E Caruana, Malta 4/1974 Ghandom Mustafa, Syria |
Vessel history |
1937 converted to ferry for Malta-Gozo service 1984 in harbour cruise service 11/1978 laid up in Marsa Creek 2/1980 sold by Director of Ports to meet port dues but new owner refused delivery due to her hull condition. 1984 under repair at Marsaxlokk |
Remarks |
Specially designed to have a small 'air-draught', allowing her to cruise under low bridges, in particular up the River Seine to Paris. The engine exhausts were on the waterline - the funnel added in Malta was a dummy. |
End year |
Fate / Status |
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Unknown |
Disposal Detail |
Believed broken up soon after 1984. |
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ALICE - On the Berth
Image courtesy of : Douglas Brown
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ALICE - At Sea
Image courtesy of : Douglas Brown
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as HANINI in 1976 in Grand Harbour
Image courtesy of : Emmanuel L.Stafrace
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as HANINI in 1984 at Marsaxlokk
Image courtesy of : Emmanuel L.Stafrace
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