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88490 on British Part 3 register.
Length overall: 36ft 0in 11.0m Beam: 10ft 0in 3.04m Engines: Twin Lombardini four cylinder 40 hp [30KW] LDW 1904 SD diesel engines, fitted new in 2003, raw water cooled, giving a maximum speed of 10 knots and fuel consumption of about twolitres per hous. Only 20 hours on each engine. Two batteries. Fuel tanks overhauled. Ammeter, rev counter, oil pressure and water temperature gauges. Instruments and electrical system: Compass, log and Fishfinder depth sounder, VHF radio with aerial, navigation lights and anchor light. Deck gear: Electric windlass controlled from bridge or foredeck. anchors, warps and fenders. Wheelhouse with excellent fore and aft control position. Safety gear: Pulpit, fire extinguishers and two bilge pumps. Accommodation and domestic equipment: Converted as a 1930s gentleman's yacht on River Thames for her present owner. Four to six berths. One double and one side berth forward and one double and one side berth in the saloon. Two cabins with 2m headroom and wheelhopuse. Upholstered in blue marine cloth. Mains-powered hot and cold water system. Separate heads compartment with sea lavatory. Refit completed 2007. Grillet, has a remarkable history, built in a yard, founded in 1875, where fast motor boats incorporating Daimler-Benz and Maybach engines were pioneered by Otto Lürssen, who died two years before Grillet was built. The yard is still one of the world's leading motor yacht builders. ![]()
Note Grillet as Motorboot 1 in the background of this famous picture of the officers and men of U-99, taken at Kiel in May 1940, just before her first war patrol. Her commander, Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer, is second from the right. Sometimes known as the "Ace of the Deep", Kretschmer was captured by the Royal Navy in March 1941 after sinking 40 ships totalling 208,869 registered tons.
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