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An ex-Royal Navy steam pinnace sunk and scrapped in Sutton Harbour.
Type
Admiralty pinnace
History
The early history of this boat is not known, but Roy Ackland owned the vessel in the 1970s having bought her from a Royal Navy commander who brought Patrina down from Scotland. Patrina was a steam-powered pinnace once carried by a Royal Navy warship and was built around 1900, she was 50ft long and had a 10ft beam and was constructed from double-diagonal planking and was fitted with twin shafts and propellers.
By the time Roy owned Patrina her steam engine and boiler had been removed and replaced with a Chrysler six cylinder petrol and one BMC 2.2 diesel engine, both of which he removed with the intention of replacing later. All of the original steering and stern gear in heavy duty bronze was still in place however these were later removed and sold. The fore and aft cabins were original but the wheelhouse had been replaced (Pictures 1-3).
Patrina was kept at Torpoint Town beach and in the mid to late '70s Roy sold the boat to someone who wanted it for a project for a boys club.
In 1982 John Cotton saw the Patrina sunk by the China House in Sutton Harbour. By then the wheelhouse had been moved forward, a new wheelhouse fitted and the back deck opened up (Pictures 4-6:
'To find the name of her I asked the Harbour Master at the end of Sutton Wharf, he informed me that she is called the ‘Patrina’ and it was to be moved pretty soon. I was back there about three months later and she had only been moved a few feet out of the deep water onto the hard muddy ridge. [John Cotton]'
Read about this hulk on John Cotton's Historic Shipping website 
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Description
It is believed that Patrina was scrapped and nothing now remains of this vessel.
Location and Access
Sutton Harbour, Plymouth
No remains of any vessels can now be seen in Sutton Harbour. The installation of lock gates to Sutton Harbour in 1994 has maintained a minimum level of water inside the harbour that before would dry out in the shallows at low tide.
Last updated 03 Jan 2021
Information
Date Built:
~1900
Type:
Pinnace
Builder:
Unknown
Official Number:
Unknown
Length
50ft
Beam
10ft
Draft
Unknown
Construction
Timber, double diagonal planking
Propulsion
Steam, twin propeller
Tonnage
Unknown
Portmarks
None
Outcome
Abandoned 1982, broken up?
Reference
Unknown
Historic Ship: Mary Jane
The Patrina is similar to the Mary Jane, an Admiralty pinnace built in 1926. This vessel is on the National Register of Historic Ships.
The Admiralty pinnace Mary Jane
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