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Queen of the May
This photograph of the Tyne pilot cutter “Queen of the May” was sent to me by Bill Young who discovered it whilst sorting out some family documents. The photograph was taken in 1933 by his father William Mould Young who was a Tyne pilot.
The Queen of the May was bought by the Tyne Pilotage Authority in 1921 from the Coats cotton family.
Built in 1895 by A & J Inglis of Glasgow as a pleasure yacht she was 127 feet ( 38.7m) long and was powered by a 39HP triple expansion steam reciprocating engine.
In 1943 she was acquired by the Royal Navy for use as a calibrating vessel and was eventually disposed of in 1946.
JCB, with historical information supplied by retired Hawich pilot Andy Adams
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