Mystery Launch
This one could be a little harder than some of the recent mystery boats I have posted on ww 🙂 The photo was sent in by Nathan Herbert & all we know is the location is Mechanics Bay in the late 1930’s. Nathan’s only comment was that the hull has a Coulthard look.
So woodys anyone able to ID the launch closest the camera?
UPDATE 13-01-2019 Nathan Herbert believes he has tracked this launch down, see photo below from Motuoapa Marina, name on side is possibly ‘Lady Val’?
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The Lady Val owned by W.W Houghton,Devonport
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This launch was owned by a member of the Devonport yacht club,who lived nearby,and was moored at Torpedo Bay
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New photo, details added.
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LINDEN was round bilge & obviously had no chine line showing at the bow — KEN R
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She’s very like EILEEN PATRICIA/LINDEN in profile but there are too many differences in the superstructure considering a launch date of 1933 and this pic dated 1938 or thereabouts. Also I don’t think EILEEN PATRICIA was square bilge? Those piles were removed from Mechanics Bay in 1939.
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Looks like Linden to me, was owned by Tom Turnwald when I knew her moored at Sandspit for a number of years.
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Mystery boat,built by Johny Rae,after Ngataki. Geoff Cooper,Matangi.
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It’s the piles which were put there as a ‘novel way of mooring a boat fore and aft’ when the flying boats needed more room and as such displaced some of the swing moorings. I gather they didn’t last long until their own space was required yet again.
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Yes has the look of EP …. However I would seriously question the location as being Mechanics Bay, further west I should think.
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I somewhat Agree, but see the launch ‘Rawene’ on here. She neither has a raised foredeck. This boat does however have possible too aggressive- a spray chine compared to Coulthard hard chiners.
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Also looks like SPINDRIFT in the coamings styling, but this boat has a hard chine & of course SPINDRIFT was a round bilge boat. — An exciting mystery & I hope someone can come up with her I.D. — wish I knew — Fascinating. – KEN R
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Looks like a wave to me ?? Alan H
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Hi, I don’t think its a Coulthard launch- too short in the bow and the little square windows/portholes were not a feature of my grandfathers original boats. Have checked in the family photo album and there’s nothing like the Mystery Launch there.
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No idea, but looks like she is about to go down, hence the photo, maybe?
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Has lots of early Taufale looks. But once again it’s not…
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Looks like Eileen Patricia, but it’s not……
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Eep….. no idea 😛
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