TYGER

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Date22 May 1963

Object NameKETCH

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 83' x breadth 21' x depth 15'
gross tonnage 115 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002593

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 907
Subsequent Name: ISLANDER OF POLRUAN (1980)

Fate: unknown

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Ketch rigged yacht, 2 masts, with auxiliary twin screw.

Owners:
1963: Sir Myles Wyatt.
1980: Richard Strauss, Southampton, sail no. 103

General History:
Designed by Camper & Nicholsons Ltd. for Sir Myles Wyatt. In 1963, he became a Chairman of the Burntisland Shipbuilding Group, which included Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. He was also Admiral of the Admiral of the Royal Ocean Racing Club and a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

'Designed by Camper & Nicholsons Ltd, the TYGER is 88' 4.5" overall in length, 21'4" in breadth, 11'6" draft and 134 tons Thames Measurement. Constructed to the requirements of Lloyd's for yachts to Class 100A.1, the hull is of mild steel and the deckhouse of marine quality aluminium. Main and mizzen masts are of aluminium and all standing rigging of stainless steel. A full complement of terylene sails is carried.' ('Burntisland Shipbuilding GroupJournal', vol. 27, no 3, p. 82).

By 1980 it was renamed ISLANDER OF POLRUAN.
Spotted afloat and for sale at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 2013.