Broadlander3 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Yeh!...Thats the One...Know anything about it Clive?? Lovely shot of your grandfathers Y+B....Brilliant site this! Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Ricko Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 just dont ask how it got there! you may find some info here... http://www.freewebs.com/masb32/ or more here...http://www.bmpt.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=72 Terry, The Yare and bure pic must be good 'cos you took it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadlander3 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Did I take that?? ...Oh I did didn't I!...Please excuse me...Another senior moment ..Still it was 43 yrs ago By the way Clive... This has turned out to be a really fasinating thread and your links are "SPOT ON". A cracking read and very informative! Thanks for posting them...Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Clive, That does indeed look like the one I spotted Next time I'll take the camera and see if I can get a shot of her, albeit from a distance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jax 3 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I thinks this is the one you are discussing, moored in the dyke adjacent to Horning Hall. Certainly a impressive looking craft, took this picture earlier this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger the cabin boy Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Another Norfolk wreck, an old MTB I believe. Not as impressive as illustrated on the previous page. But it certainly used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Where was that taken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Ricko Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 That will be EX MGB 56 she is in the basin opposite the Townhouse in Norwich. More info here... http://www.bmpt.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=285&PN=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdnamsGirl Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 And for those who don't know ... MGB 56, also known as Morning Flight, was the home of Cmdr Ron Ashby (Hearts Cruisers) and his family at Thorpe Island. She was towed to Thorpe in 1948 and had to be partially sunk and dragged along the river bed to allow her to get underneath the rail bridges there. It was apparently only meant to be a temporary home for a couple of years whilst they built a house on the island .... in the end, the family lived onboard for 41 years! The picture below shows Morning Flight at Thorpe c1963. Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadlander3 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Fabulous Info Carol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger the cabin boy Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 At the River Green. Thorpe St Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdnamsGirl Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Hi If anyone fancies owning their own ex-admiralty boat, there is a 1942 Fairmile B up for sale on Ebay at the moment .... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk:80/WW2-Fairemile-B-1942_W0QQitemZ260326233243QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_BoatEquipment_Accessories_SM?hash=item260326233243&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_9 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Seems like we've moved on from the old wreck in Salhouse to the old wreck on ebay, though at "112 ft long and 54ft beam" it must be quite spacious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 54ft beam? What is it - a trimaran? Pardon me but I don't think the boat in the picture has 54ft beam - that would make its width about the same as half its length and the picture suggests those proportions are not quite accurate. I was tickled by this bit though: Will arrange for local pick up only (no postage). I'll fire it off to DHL and see what they have come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_9 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 54ft beam? What is it - a trimaran? Pardon me but I don't think the boat in the picture has 54ft beam - that would make its width about the same as half its length and the picture suggests those proportions are not quite accurate. Quite Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Quite Simon You boys really crack me up. Two peas in a pod. ho ho ho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_9 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 You boys really crack me up. Two peas in a pod. ho ho ho Couldn't be further from the truth Lou, except where it is, then it might be, but even then it's purely accidental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pks1702 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Another quality Ponky post..... I think your Avatar has upset him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senator Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 David with your move to canned meat products can we assume that Rachel has persuaded you to buy something with a bed sheet on? Either that or you must be saving them for the old sailors christmas bash. mince beef must be like caviar after all that corned beef. lol lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 anyway .. back to topic..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdmate Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Interesting thread on MTB/MGB's built on the broads. My father in law worked as a boy for herbert woods at potter late on in ww2. Seems that not all the timber provided by the MOD actually ended up in the boats they built and at the end of the war there was enough left over to start building the hire fleets !!! he used to have some photo's of the bare hulls minus superstructures before they were towed down river for final fitting out in Gt Yarmouth, unfortunately these potos have been lost, shame really. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirdar Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Hi all The old wreck was named Water Witch. There were two wrecks along that side of Salhouse. Water Witch being nearest to the stern on moorings. The second has always been fully submerged and lies along the same bank but three quaters of the way towards the eastern ( Horning ) side exit. According to the old balliff who collected mooring fees in the fifties and sixties from his old green boat complete with even older seagull out board they were owned by the Norwich sea scouts. At the outbreak of war they were told to move them or sink them in case of invasion. as they couldnt move them enywhere they sunk them. Water Witch bottomed out before fully submerging . The other sunk completely. As a kid I used to fish from WW roof but I dont think Id risk it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sirdar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdnamsGirl Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hi Sirdar Many. many thanks for that information! I hadn't realised that there was also another wreck at Salhouse .... once the weather warms up then I think a canoe round that part of the broad to take a closer look will be in order. If they once belonged to the sea scouts, then one would presume that there must be records within that organisation relating to them, or maybe even pictures! P.S. Brian/Mods ... do you think that this thread deserves to be in the Broads History section as it has thrown up quite a bit of interesting hitorical info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 do you think that this thread deserves to be in the Broads History section as it has thrown up quite a bit of interesting hitorical info? Yes, its now in History Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirdar Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hi Adnams girl and all. The " second" Salhouse wreck used to be marked by red topped poles standing about 2 feet above water presumably to stop any unlucky person trying to moor over her. That would have been late fifties. From memory she appeared same size as Water Witch but was always below the surface.As you enter the Broad from Horning side as soon as bank straightens heading for WW she lay tight under the tree line as if moored to the bank. Happy hunting! Sirdar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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