MOLLIETTE (motor schooner 3-mast) Yard.no: 889.  (Off.no.: 143031)
Lch.: 1918.11.19., Compl.: 1919.02.10
293 grt,160 nrt, 320 dwt,
Dim: 39,93 x 7,62 x 3,58, Draft: 2,97 m.
Engine: Oil 2SA 2-cyl., 120 bhp. J. & C. G. Bolinder, Stockholm, Sweden. (Build 1916)
Owners:
1919.02. B. Oppenheimer  (Straughan & Green), London, U.K.
1922.      R. A. Gray, London, U.K.
192?:      Engine removed and converted to night club at Clacton, U.K. 
                Later reported  run down on River Colne and sunk off  West Mersea.
19??:      Became club house of West Mersea Yacht Club.
1934:      Club house moved to onshore premises.
194?:      Used as bombing target in WW2
  
MOLLIETTE before launch.

  MOLLIETTE under sail.

Drawing of MOLLIETTE

VIOLETTE (motorschooner 3-mast) Yard.no: 891 (Off.no.: 143421)
Lch.: 1919.05.16., Compl.: 1919.08.05.
292 grt., 162 nrt, 320 dwt.
Dim: 38,25 x 7,62 x 3,15 m.
Engine: Oil 2SA 2-cyl., 120 bhp, J. & C. G. Bolinder Co. Ltd., Stockholm, Sweden.
Owners:
1919: Not accepted by owners after trials
1920: Registered to J. Pollock, Sons & Co. Ltd., London, U.K. named VIOLETTE
1921.01.18: Collided with Southend-on-Sea Pier and sank - total loss.
1921: Repurchased by J. Pollock, Sons & Co. Ltd., London, U.K. and returned to Faversham. Engine removed and installed in tanker STOURGATE. Hull later moored off Seasalter, U.K.
1970: still afloat as a mooring craft at Hoo on the river Medway.

Thanks to David Asprey U.K. for updating help with this page.

Last update 2001.03.27.