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F656

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Name
Goblin

Usage

Location
Present location not known

Builder
Fairey Marine

Build date
June 1949

Condition
Not Known

Hull Number

Deck Colour

Hull Colour

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Additional Build Notes

Current Owner
Present owner not known

Known Owners

1st owner – Brian Heron, Hollingworth Lake SC. (NFA Chairman 1961 and 1963). See F2937 and F3216. Deceased February 2016.

c1979 – PA Thornley, Hollingworth Lake SC.

Some of Brian Heron’s successes with this great Firefly:

1958 Weymouth Sir Richard Fairey Trophy 150 entries, Brian Heron, Hollingworth Lake SC. .

1959 Plymouth, Sir Richard Fairey Trophy 225 entries, Brian Heron, Hollingworth Lake SC.

1960 Herne Bay, Sir Ralph Gore Trophy, 178 entries, Brian Heron, Hollingworth Lake SC.

1961 Falmouth Sir Ralph Gore Trophy, 3rd place, Sir Richard Fairey Trophy, 7th place Brian Heron, Hollingworth Lake SC,

1962 Gorleston, Sir Ralph Gore Trophy, 141 entries, 1st, Sir Richard Fairey Trophy , 2nd Brian Heron, Hollingworth Lake SC.

1964 Weymouth Sir Richard Fairey Trophy, 187 entries, 4th place. Sir Ralph Gore Trophy, 10th place Brian Heron and Julian Smith, Hollingworth Lake SC.

1965 Herne Bay, Sir Richard Fairey Trophy 180 entries, Brian Heron and Julian Smith, Hollingworth Lake SC.

1966 Felixstowe Ferry Sir Richard Fairey Trophy, 120 entries, Brian Heron, Hollingworth Lake SC, 2nd place.

1967 Torquay, Sir Richard Fairey Trophy, 163 entries, Brian Heron, Hollingworth Lake SC. 3rd place

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