Looking in rather less-pristine shape than she does in Allan RO’s recently-posted, twenty-year old photo SUNCREST, is up for sale as a houseboat is nowadays looking even less smart than she does in this 2014 photo. She is seen here laid-up in Bugsby’s Reach, Silvertown, London.
143 grt
Owner: General Marine Ltd, London (currently for sale on e-bay)
Built 1961 by Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth
Main engine: six-cylinder, four-stroke Mirrlees KLSSDM-6 of 1,080 bhp. 18t bollard pull. Speed 11 knots
Built for W H J Alexander (Sun Tugs) Ltd, London as SUN XXIII