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Lost In The Bay of Biscay 1967/1968
In researching several of the boats that the Association has lost track of, I traced the history of Faraway* in the Lloyd's Registers. Often boats drop off the register with no reason given. However, Faraway* is recorded as being "Lost at sea" in the 1968 register. The story behind the loss is not known to the Association, although it is known that Faraway lies somewhere beneath the Bay of Biscay. The above picture of her has been found in an archive search, September 2015.
# Fascinating Facts
# Built at a total cost of £466 12s 8d
# Fascinating Facts
Faraway Statistics
Built : 1933 by Anderson, Rigden & Perkins of Whitstable, Kent
LOA : 26' 6"
Beam : 8' 7"
Draught : 4' 9"
Displacement : 7 tons TM
Lloyd's Register : N° 163374, London
Signal Letters : MBSK
Faraway Custodians
Peter L Vesey (1966-1967) Newton Ferrers
David Johnstone (1963-1965) Hamble
Michael Rawlence (1961-1962) Hamble
DM & DJ Maw (?-1954-1960) Hamble
Dr Rex A Binning (1951-1952-?) London
Lt-Col DK Price MC TD (?-1949-1950) London
Dr RD Weeden Butler (?-1947-?) London
Douglas H Johnson (1933-1939-?) London
Faraway Links
• To The Scillies in Faraway - Yachting Monthly, Jan 1954
Page last updated : January 2017
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