Derby Winners Class

Dear Christian, thank you. I want to pick up all the possible information about the "Grand Parade", I hope to publish some day an article about this boat. Regards

Perdona mi inglés macarrónico Christian, pero veo que tenemos un interés común. Voy a preguntar que fué de la "Grand Parade", me llevará algún tiempo, pero espero decirte algo.

Me interesa también saber más sobre embarcaciones de la Royal Navy que acabaron sirviendo en España, ya te mandaré fotos, saludos cordiales.

David,

That is the list of 21 boats which is confirmed from two other sources (though either may be a duplicate of the original of course). The list sent to me by Philip Simons about 10 years ago, and in Appendix IX of Reg Cooley's 'The Unknown Fleet' published in 1993.

It is interesting to speculate though on the reported destruction/damage of some DWC in the air raid suffered by White's on May 4th 1942. (Can't pin the reference down just now, or the photo's of the damage). It is possible that names were not allocated until completion.

David Miller

A bit more information for anyone tempted to go to Pembroke to search for Captain Cuttle, photo from the early 1990's from the then owner.

Another Derby Winner mentioned as late as 1994 is Call Boy at St Paul's Bay, Malta. Also known then as 'Hornblower II' (ref. September 1994 Motor Boat and yachting p80). The photo attached is a scan of about 1% of the area of a postcard, so pretty poor quality. The card confirms the location as St Paul's Bay.

I have a photocopy of a photograph of Call Boy on trials which appears to show a single colour on the hull. Not possible for me to tell if it is grey or white owing to the low quality. Trial photo's of Lemberg, however, definitely show the dark mid-hull band (see boats for sale), blue is a guess.

David Miller