Fintry and Her Sisters
Above: Ironbridge (far left, grey), Lechlade (center right, black, white, red & buff), and Holmwood (far right, behind a smaller boat) at Portland, April 2003.
A complete list of all the fleet tenders, with links to photos of each one is at Sisters.
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Aberdovey,in 1969, with the Amphibious training unit of the Royal Marines (Poole)7
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Aberdovey, beached deliberately -- we hope.
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Alnmouth, now Chieftain
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Clovelly
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Cricceith2 and Loyal Chancellor, now Hydrex and Treasure, at Gibraltar
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Cromarty
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Denmead, formerly Kilquade, now St. Katharine, in Rotterdam6
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Elsing,2 shown as Whalesaver, at Cadiz, later scrapped
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Fintry, at Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina, 2013
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Fulbeck, April, 2000.
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Glencoe
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Hambledon
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Holmwood Comes Home
- Horning, now called Mair, underway.
A beautiful photo of a slightly modified Clovelly class Fleet Tender with a bone in her teeth.
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Ilchester moves from Rosyth to Holyhead
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Instow
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Ironbridge, being prepared to be sunk as a target.
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Lamlash and HMS Warrior, April, 2000
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Lechlade, slipped at Manor Marine, November 2003
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Lechlade and Ixworth, at Portland, June 2003
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Llandovery
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Loyal Chancellor
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Loyal Factor
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Loyal Governor, two more nice photos.
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Loyal Mediator
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Loyal Supporter and Messina, now Pride of Bristol, from the bow of Great Britain
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Manly,5 impounded at Cadiz, later scrapped
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Finding Mentor
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Meon
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Messina, now Pride of Bristol
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Milbrook, Spain, October 2001
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and, our very own Models
A Model Slipway boat on YouTube
Llandovery, model by Colin East
Felsted, model and photo by Peter Swarbrick,
her Captain in the seventies.
Photo Credits:
1) Sharon Guile
2) Neill Rush
3) Steve Carmichael-Timson
4) Sharon Kemp
5) Xavier
6) Cas Pijpers
7) Sgt. Haywood
There are several new sites that have photographs of Fleet Tenders, some old b&w photos presumably taken for the Navy and some new photos, taken by amateur and professional photographers.
Four of them that are linked from here are:
battleships.cruisers.co.uk
www.shipspotting.com
www.photoship.co.uk
In many cases, they have more than one photo of particular Fleet Tenders, including photos in various stages of conversion.
I also have many more photos than I have up on the site.
For most of these, I do not have permission to post them, but if you're looking for a particular boat, let me know.
I also have drawings, specifications, instruction manuals, and stability books (including one in Excel).
