2009/3/23 jhndyk <[email protected]> > It is a Montagu Whaler : > > <http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/902804> > > From the 1890's until the 1960's the 27 ft Montagu Whaler was used by the > Royal Navy as a general purpose sea boat. It was named after Admiral > Montagu, who was responsible for its original development. They are > excellent sea boats and, as lifeboats, have made voyages of thousands of > miles. > > Was this the one which was moored on the canal for many years during the 1960's at Loughborough Sea Cadets near the station? I remember they had an old ack-ack gun there too. Wonder what happened to that?
Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
