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MTB630 :-
Ordered as one of a batch of 24 boats on 27th April 1941. All boats were originally to be MGB's but were all modified to be MTB's.
Built by Alex Robertson (Yachtbuilders) & Sons Ltd. Sandbank. Scotland. Completed 5th November 1942.
Allocated to Sea Cadet Corps in 1945 and sold in 1949 (Presumably to the Sea Rangers.)
I vaguely remember seeing a "D" Fairmile moored on the Dart in 1968/1969. She was in very poor condition and had disappeared by 1970. It is possible she had been acquired in the 1960's for accommodation by a business that hired out sailing yachts for a holiday afloat. (They also owned a Fairmile "B" that was in very poor condition as well as the paddle steamer Duke of Devonshire.)
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"You do not ask a tame seagull why it needs to disappear from time to time towards the open sea. It goes. That's all." Bernard Moitessier.
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