Sundowner (yacht)
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Sundowner is a motor yacht formerly owned by Charles Lightoller, former second officer of the RMS Titanic.
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Sundowner in Ramsgate Harbour, April 2010 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | M/Y Sundowner |
Namesake | Sundowner |
Launched | 1912 |
Refit | 1929 |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Type | Motor yacht |
Tonnage | 26 grt (74 m3) |
Length | 58 ft (18 m) |
Beam | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
Draught | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
Propulsion | Gleniffer diesel engine, 72 hp (54 kW), single screw propeller |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Service record | |
Operations: | Operation Dynamo |
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She participated in the Dunkirk evacuation as one of the "little ships" as well as a number of commemorations of the event, and is now a museum ship at the Ramsgate Maritime Museum in Southern England.