CLASSIC 1920’S WOODEN LAUNCH – DUCHESS – One Of The Most Impressive Woodys To Grace The Waitemata

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CLASSIC 1920’S WOODEN LAUNCH – DUCHESS – One Of The Most Impressive Woodys To Grace The Waitemata

I tend to rotate the laptop screen saver image on a regular basis – for the last week todays photo of the ccc classic wooden launch DUCHESS has been the photo of choice, hard not too – she is such a looker.

DUCHESS has made numerous appearances on WW , starting back in 2013.

Thanks to a 2018 story and input from Harold Kidd and Nathan Herbert we learnt the 40’ DUCHESS was built in the late 1920’s by Bailey & Lowe. In 1934 she has a wee incident with Eel Rock, off Cowes Bay, Waiheke Island. Photo below.           More details on DUCHESS here https://waitematawoodys.com/2018/03/25/duchess/

More details and photo from her past here https://waitematawoodys.com/2020/05/13/duchess-2/

Todays photo is from Ian McDonald via Lew Redwood , via the Auckland Maritime Museum. It was commented that the location was Kawau Island, date unknown.

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1 thought on “CLASSIC 1920’S WOODEN LAUNCH – DUCHESS – One Of The Most Impressive Woodys To Grace The Waitemata”

  1. I’d still like to know what precipitated her downfall from grace leaving her a pile of pieces up above Robertson’s boatyard in the scrapheap on the access road in Warkworth. Someone must know. Or did she rot away out of the water and get cut up. Either way, very sad.

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