Cutty Sark

Cutty Sark
Rig Class.Steam Yacht
Builder:Yarrow & Co Ltd
Year built:1928
Fate:Scrapped in 1948
General characteristics
Class & Type:Steam Yacht
Ton:828 tons
LOA:263 feet
Beam:25 feet
Draught:16 feet
Propulsion:4 Yarrow Steam Turbines, 5,000hp
Speed:24 knots

An ex-S Class Destroyer of 1920, she was converted to a private yacht.

She was requisitioned in September 1939 and spent the war as a submarine chaser and escort ship.
In June 1940 she took part in Operation XD, the destruction of certain French harbour facilities.  She took a party of Royal Engineers to Saint Nazaire for this purpose but was damaged by bombs in the Raz de Sein and had to be towed back to Plymouth.
In March 1944 she developed boiler trouble and became an accommodation ship at King's Lynn.
In February 1946 she was sold to the Jewish Marine League.

Owners

Namefromto
The 2nd Duke of Westminster GCVO, DSO 1928 1939-45

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