SE Saunders of East Cowes

[DJP]

I have recently acquired a 12ft clinker built boat with a Stuart Turner P5 engine. The builder's plate identifies the boat as having been built at East Cowes by SE Saunders. I know a little of Saunders later history when they became Saunders Rowe, but I am keen to know more about SE Saunders and the boats they built, particulalry 12ft boats! I would be grateful for any information or links.

 

[Poignard]

Possibly the Classic Boat Museum at Newport, Isle of Wight might be able to help. web page

 

[burgundyben]

There are two books written about Sam Saunders, called something like From Air to Sea and from River to Sea. Or something like that. they chart the history from their time on the Thames to Cowes.


Here is one http://www.amazon.co.uk/River-Sea-Marine...2316&sr=1-1

And the other http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing...2465&sr=1-1

 

[Keith 66]

I own a 28ft Launch built by SE Saunders around 1905, Sam Saunders started the company around 1890's and they became one of the biggest boat builders going, diversifying into aircraft construction. Ray Wheelers books are very good but there is not a lot of info out there, apparently the yard archive was lost when Southhampton was bombed in ww2.
You may see an advert in an old motorboat & yachting magazine, there is a set of these in the archive at the National motorboat museum at Basildon.

 

[viviann]

Saunders started off building boats and then ended up building sea planes and called themselves Saunders Roe.