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F510 (1948 Olympic Firefly)

Details

Name
Iechyd da

Usage
When built Varnish

Location
Not Known

Builder
Fairey Marine

Build date
June 1948

Condition
Not Known

Hull Number

Deck Colour
When built Varnish Mark I

Hull Colour
When built Varnish Mark I

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Extra Details

Additional Build Notes

Current Owner
Present owner not known

Known Owners

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Initial YRA measurement – 30 June
Hull number – 511
Hull weight – 169lb
Constructed – mould 3

Part of Olympic Firefly fleet, not thought to have been raced, kept as a reserve

1st owner – 1948 – Fairey Marine sales ledger suggests
Dr John Burn

Subsequent RYA and NFA records incomplete

1962/c1968 – Mrs PM Banham
Northampton SC, Pitsford
named “iechyd da”
(Sue Banham, daughter, later wife of John Thorpe
F259)

Subsequent owners not known

History

NFA update July 2021
Thanks to Christopher Godber for information
F640

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