GUERNSEY LOCAL VESSELS  

                      St. Peter Port Pilots


MARIGOLD



1961 March 23. Vessel offered for sale at £1,350.         




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MARIGOLD pictured April 1958.                                                              601w  298k




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FLYING CLOUD



Dimensions    40’ x 11’6” x 4’6”




1975 October 30. Vessel advertised for sale.  



        


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FLYING CLOUD pictured July 26 1974.                                                      002w  1.25m




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EPERON D’OR


1975 December 4. Worked her first vessel - SALRIX.

Vessel was built at Newhaven, 125hp Mercedes 125hp engine  14 kts.      



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EPERON D’OR  May 07 1993                                                           305w  792k



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GOLDEN SPUR


Built   2000


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GOLDEN SPUR   pictured .October 27 2011




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GOLDEN SPUR at her mooring,  August 20 2012.                         301w  150k







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                                  St. Peter Port Lifeboats




QUEEN VICTORIA


On Guernsey station September 1932 to54



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Above and below R.N.L.B. QUEEN VICTORIA at her mooring in St. Peter Port.                                                                                                        203w  88.2k   





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Leaving Jersey June 28 1957                                                                    310  






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EUPHROSYNE KENDAL



On the Guernsey station from 1954 to 1971.

1971 October 29. Vessel now out of service due to dry rot.

1972 February 10. ARUN now standing in for EUPHROSYNE KENDAL.





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Vessel pictured on August 1 1954                                                                                                                                    201w  12.5k








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Now with a wheelhouse and direction finding equipment.                    201w  127k





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Further improvement was the addition of radar in 1966.                       203w  152k
















































Picture 1967 to October 1971.                                                                                                                                                        205w  180k





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SPIRIT OF GUERNSEY



1997 Placed on Guernsey Station.



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St. Peter Port lifeboat R.N.L.B. SPIRIT OF GUERNSEY at her moorings August 20 2012.                            





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Relief lifeboat RNLB ROGER AND JOY FREEMAN seen on October 27 2011           





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                       St. John’s Ambulance Rescue Services





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FLYING CHRISTINE after sale to St. John’s Ambulance, and conversion into an ambulance launch, pictured July 22 1952 when launched ?       191  344k    


The three crew are thought to be - port side forward Gerald Blondel, aft Brian Taylor, on starboard side - Reg Blanchford ( Area Commissioner).



1963 10 January. Vessel broke from her moorings early in the day and was

smashed against the Connaught Quay and is considered a write off.





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FLYING CHRISTINE II




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FLYING CHRISTINE III




Built                Seaward Marine, Guernsey.

Dimensions      Loa 46'  6"     Beam   13'  0"     Draft   3'  9"          

Displacement   17 tons          

Propulsion       2 x Volvo D9-575 horse power   Speed  26 knots max  Cruising                        20 kts.  Max Speed    26 knots

                      2011  new Caterpiller engines fitted.




Vessel built on a Nelson 45 hull, with special superstructure.


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FLYING CHRISTINE III. At her mooring in “the pool” October 25 2011.                                                                                                                                       618w  868k





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Marine Ambulance FLYING CHRISTINE III departing St. Peter Port at 16:30

Sunday August 19 pick up a lady patient from Sark.

She had recently undergone a refit and re-painting, prior to taking part in the Queen’s Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames.                                         0282w  129k





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SARNIA



Dimensions   43’  20’  3’ draft

Propulsion     Twin screw,  speed 14 knots.



1987 April 12. Arrived in Guernsey from builders.




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Work boat SARNIA leaving harbour October 27 2011.                             653w  783k





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Work boat SARNIA at her mooring in “the pool”  August 20 2012.  

                        



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Vessel on the quay at No. 5 Berth, undergoing refit Monday May 9 1994.                                                                                                                                                                                 201wb  61.2k





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                                             Sea Fisheries Department




Built           Scheepswerf Damen, Gorinchem.    1997



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LEOPARDESS undergoing maintenance in the Victoria Marina, October 26 2011.                                                                                                                                             







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Fisheries vessel LEOPARDESS  August 19 2012                                 








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