Do you have Admirality manual of seamanship B.R.67 ?

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Hi, I'm looking for a piece of information out of the 1995 admiralty book. There is a piece in it about the 9 meter Cheverton MSB (medium). I have had a glimpse at it before and I think it has a reference to something else for more specifications. Could anyone tell me what that reference is or does anyone have a different edition that contains information on this vessel.
I want to buy the edition with the most information but don't want to have to buy heaps of them to find the right one.
Also if anyone knows whether the navy register there ships tenders and launches I would be very interested in any information.
Thanking you
 
Heh - I read the title, and then opened the thread because I do indeed have a copy of the Manual of Seamanship. However, in mine, the various ships' boats listed are supplied with oars and lugsails :D

I guess you want one a bit newer :)

Pete
 
:) Yea I have one of the early ones. I believe these boats where commissioned in the 1970s and there is definitely mention of them in the 1995 edition.
 
My 1979 Seamanship Manual has plenty of details on the 24 ft Cheverton but nothing on the 9m which was carried exclusively by Survey Ships. Regret I do not have a later edition.
 
Malabar said:
My 1979 Seamanship Manual has plenty of details on the 24 ft Cheverton but nothing on the 9m which was carried exclusively by Survey Ships. Regret I do not have a later edition.
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Well thats one ruled out, I know my boat was off the survey ship Bulldog and the four bulldog class ships carried them, I wonder how many were built, I have come across at least 4 others.
 
Is the picture below any good? came from Google:

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...=0CFwQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=br 67 manual&f=false

nairda96 said:
Also if anyone knows whether the navy register there ships tenders and launches I would be very interested in any information. Thanking you
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Now I tried to trace a previous boat I owned (Pacific 22) however, the problem is the RN often took a tender out of service and it didn't necessarily go back to the same ship post refit. Also the records I think were held by the RN in Bath, but with 25% reduction in civil servants and moves in recent years from Bath to Abbey Wood near Bristol, I think your chances are slim. You might write to the Historical Naval Branch in Portsmouth Naval Base as a start point.

Pete
 
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Pete7 said:
Is this any good? came from Google:

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...=0CFwQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=br 67 manual&f=false

By chance, I work for the RN Fleet Publications and Graphics Office. However, whether we have a copy of BR 3937 is doubtful, but I will have a look.



Now I tried to trace a previous boat I owned (Pacific 22) however, the problem is the RN often took a tender out of service and it didn't necessarily go back to the same ship post refit. Also the records I think were held by the RN in Bath, but with 25% reduction in civil servants and moves in recent years from Bath to Abbey Wood near Bristol, I think your chances are slim.

Pete
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That was exactly what I was looking for thank you. I know very little about the RN or the
Admiralty books ie. what BR even stands for. Is BR 3937 another publication or is it something just printed for use by trainees for instance.
What I am digging for really is proof that my boat was built to a class or at least scrutinized and proved fit for purpose. Failing this I will have to hire a structural engineer
to do so and that will probably be prohibitive.

The admiralty information is more out of interest to be honest. The registration would be of even more benefit.
 
BR 3937 will be another complete book giving details of the boat and how to operate it. If your looking to code the vessel for work, I am not sure the BR will be of any use. In the UK the coding is covered by MGM 280 Presumably Ireland has a similar set of regulations.

BR stands for Books of Reference.

Pete
 
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Pete7 said:
BR 3937 will be another complete book giving details of the boat and how to operate it. If your looking to code the vessel for work, I am not sure the BR will be of any use. In the UK the coding is covered by MGM 280 Presumably Ireland has a similar set of regulations.

BR stands for Books of Reference.

Pete
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Yes as I said the BR information is just out of interest.
In Ireland the coding system is very very strict, Unless your vessel is built under an Irish department of marine surveyors supervision and to Irish P5 standard you will not get a licence to go more than 3 miles to sea with paying POB. But for a licence which allows you up to 3 miles to sea the vessel can be a previous build but must be to a standard, which basically means if you don't have proof of standard then they must prove it and there lies the problem.
My boat is my pleasure craft and that is all I had intended for it but things change and now it makes sense for me to look into this, so it can't hurt to find out what I can.
Thank you for the help.
 
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