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    Posted: 02 November 2020 at 3:35pm
Had a holiday on this boat in the Ballearics as a kid.
Great fun!
Thirsty though!
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If the hull was constructed of plywood I was wrong. ours were steel
Peter Burton.
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I worked for C,E.B.E.C in the early 70s and this looks very much like the the one I worked
on in DARLINGTON in 1971 I understood there design was based on the navy boats.
The directors where men called Hopkins and Briggs.
Mr briggs was an ex navy man. I recogonise the teak decking we worked on.
these boats where made from scratch in the old railway workshops using the original overhead
cranes to move them along the production line
We also built 35 ft fibeglass power boats'
I worked on John Blooms boat and can tell you a few stories about that.
We also built and fitted out a 45ft power boat for Rodger moore in 1972, When he played
james bond for the first time.
 
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Hi,  ok dad has finally buckled and is offering Roxy Music for sale.  He's currently trying ebay, so for anyone interested in an ambitious restoration:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RAF-43ft-Range-Safety-Launch-1640-built-J-Thornycroft-Hampton-1955-/150828423392?pt=UK_Power_Boats&hash=item231e1318e0
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Hi there,
I'm posting on behalf of my dad (I'm his other son!).  He owns  RAF Launch 1640 aka Roxy Music.  She's been out of water for some time, and has taken some weathering since, but still in solid form.
He's finally admitting to not being able to do the restoration himself, and so it's time someone else took up the job.  He's open to offers, and so I thought I'd post here first in hope of someone with a love for these boats would also be reading and fancied the job, or knows of someone else.

I've uploaded an extensive image gallery of her current state here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66023598@N03/sets/72157627240841281/

Please reply or message me and I'll pass them on to him.
thanks
Rob
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Hello there, I'm the son of the current owner of Roxy Music, shes in a poor a state than ever because of my fathers ill health, we do plan on fixing her up, its so sad to see her in this state, she has been raided and things have been stolen such as the wheel, does anyone know the best place to get some information on restoring her, even if its just restoring to sell her to an owner whod fully restore her to her former glory. 
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Hi Barnacle,

 

notwithstanding what number you may have found on her transom, ROXY MUSIC is ex 1640.  She was transferred to the MoD(N) department at Bath DC11(1)N on voucher MC6/79.  On the 23rd April, the RSL was formerly declared for disposal after having her engines removed.  The instructions were in reference FD1 N0.39 which indicated that the craft was for disposal "as lying".  Subsequently the craft was advertised for asle by tender in Motor Boat & Yachting lying at 100 Marine Craft Unit, Alness, but reported to be at Invergordon (she would have been moored in the old harbour near the Marine Craft pier hut).  The tender closing date was 31st July 1979 and the craft was sold out of service to Mr.P.Foster. Her new owner was running a fishing charter business from Whitby. 

1640 underwent a total conversion to motor yacht which spanned some yeares and she weaqs re-engined with twin Cummins 275HP diesels giving her a top sped of 20 knots. AS ROXY MUSIC, she was crewed by three persons and chatrered to tourists in the Balearic Islands of the Mediterranean.  After around ten years in the 'Med' she appeared for sale at Dickies in Bangor in the early 1990s.  She was later sighted on Dickies slip on 29th May 1993. She was seen again at Conwy on 13th July 1998 and apparently has remained in the local area since then.

1643 is currently in the Portsmouth area as KELLY ONE.

1653 is currently ANNETTY at Amble marina.

1663 was lost at Lyme Regis on 25th November 1959

So that accounts for all the RSLs with a number '3'

 

 

FAIR WINDS AND A FAVOURABLE TIDE
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Thanks for that RWF..well, using those numbers its either 1643, 1653 or 1663. I'll take another look after the weekend.

as an aside, the plugs are still in place for the beaching legs, in all my time i never saw one with the legs fitted, did anyone else?

Incidentally, any idea why theres a gap in the numbers? didn't the powers that be like the numbers 1646 & 1647? Build started and not completed/cancelled?
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RAF 43ft RSLs were numbered 1640 - 1645 and 1648 - 1668.

hope this helps

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Took the opportunity today to take a wander around underneath Roxy Music, inbetween the downpours of rain). As you know shes out of the water now and a looking even more sorry for herself..


A question for the statisticians .... are you definitely sure she was hull number 1640 when in RAF service? the reason i mention this is... all the varnish has been taken off the transom and on close inspection the bare planking reveals the number 3 scribed in... Its definitely a 3 but unfortunately its the only number showing.
The paint is still on the bow area and its quite a thick coat so no help there

What was the number range of the RSL's? 1650's to 1660's? that should narrow it down it bit
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