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BLUE BIRD of 1938
BLUE BIRD of 1938 is a 31.61 m Motor Yacht, built in the United Kingdom by Goole Sb and delivered in 1938.
Her top speed is 12.0 kn and she boasts a maximum range of 3500.0 nm when navigating at cruising speed, with power coming from two Baudouin diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 8 guests in 5 staterooms, with 8 crew members waiting on their every need. She has a gross tonnage of 137.0 GT and a 6.13 m beam.
She was designed by G.L. Watson , who also completed the naval architecture. G.L. Watson has designed 11 yachts and created the naval architecture for 10 yachts for yachts above 24 metres.
Her interior was designed by Jon Bannenberg Ltd. , who has 34 other superyacht interiors designed in the BOAT Pro database - she is built with a Teak deck, a Steel hull, and Steel and Teak superstructure.
BLUE BIRD of 1938 is one of 2111 motor yachts in the 30-35m size range.
BLUE BIRD of 1938 is currently sailing under the United Kingdom flag, the 4th most popular flag state for superyachts with a total of 902 yachts registered. She is currently located at the superyacht marina Club Marítimo de Mahón, in Spain, where she has been located for 6 days. For more information regarding BLUE BIRD of 1938's movements, find out more about BOATPro AIS .
Specifications
- Name: BLUE BIRD of 1938
- Previous Names: STEROPE,JANICK
- Yacht Type: Motor Yacht
- Yacht Subtype: Classic Yacht
- Builder: Goole Sb
- Naval Architect: G.L. Watson
- Exterior Designer: G.L. Watson
- Interior Designer: Jon Bannenberg Ltd.
- Refits: 1968,1988,1997,2004
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Blue Bird is a custom motor yacht launched in 1938 by Goole Shipyard and most recently refitted in 2008.
Blue Bird measures 31.59 metres in length, with a max draft of 3.20 metres and a beam of 6.03 metres.
Blue Bird has a steel hull with a steel / wood superstructure.
Her interior design is by Bannenberg & Rowell Design.
Blue Bird also features naval architecture by G.L. Watson & Co..
Performance and Capabilities
Blue Bird has a top speed of 13 knots. She is powered by a twin screw propulsion system.
Blue Bird has a fuel capacity of 20,000 litres, and a water capacity of 5,000 litres.
She also has a range of 4,000 nautical miles.
Accommodation
Blue Bird accommodates up to 9 guests in 2 cabins. She also houses room for up to 6 crew members.
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History of the Yacht ‘Blue Bird of 1938’
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We had the pleasure of welcoming the magnificent yacht “Blue Bird of 1938” to the dock of honour of our port a few days ago. This is the story of this ship.
The yacht was launched from Goole Shipyard for Sir Malcolm Campbell. Designed by Scottish naval architects G.L. Watson, it was to be an ocean yacht while Sir Malcolm planned to go scavenger hunting in the Cocos Islands in the Pacific. He never went to the Pacific because the yacht was requisitioned during the war in 1940 and went to Dunkirk to assist in the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force.
In 1941, he patrolled off Liverpool, where he failed to detonate by a bomb, and later that year, he left for Northern Ireland, where he had to patrol the coast off Ulster and Eire. After the war he was taken out of service, but Sir Campbell was too old to undertake long journeys. He died in 1948 and, five years later, the yacht was sold. When Jean-Louis Renault, the famous car manufacturer, bought it in 1958, it was named Sterope. For the next 25 years he was given the name Janick and he crossed the Mediterranean extensively.
In 1973 it was sold to Mr Colberg who based it in Long Beach, California and was painted green. When Bob Harvey-George bought it in 1986, he brought it back to the United Kingdom. Major modifications were made that made the yacht close to its original profile. After nine years of chartering in British waters, it was sold to a former Dutch captain on the high seas in 1995. He was based in Rotterdam from where he undertook day trips, as well as cruises to the Baltic and the south coast of England during the summer. In 2006, it was bought by Nick Edminston who had it completely restored. Much of Blue Bird’s steel hull was still intact, but due to stability problems caused by its heavy superstructure, it was decided to rebuild the entire superstructure. In May 2007, Blue Bird was completed and left Palma. In the summer of 2007, she sailed in the eastern and western Mediterranean, while in the winter she sailed in the Caribbean.
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BLUE BIRD OF 1938
Type: Motor Yacht Length: 107ft Beam: 20ft Draft: 9ft 10ins Displacement: 175 tons Engine: 2 x Baudoin DP12 400hp Diesels Construction: Steel Builder: Goole Shipbuilding Co Ltd Year: 1938
The last of the three yachts owned by Sir Malcolm Campbell, holder of the world land and water speed records before the war, was Blue Bird II. His previous two boats, also called Blue Bird, - as were his record breaking cars and power-boats - were the 29-tonner, now called CHICO and the 16-tonner Bluebird of Chelsea, both on this website. All three, as it happened, went to Dunkirk in 1940.
Built by the Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Company, and designed by G.L. Watsons, the Scottish Naval Architects, it was to be an ocean-going yacht, capable of crossing the Atlantic to fulfil his dream to go treasure hunting in the Cocos Islands in the Pacific, - Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Islands. But, only a year after he took delivery of his splendid yacht, with its five cabins, its dining saloon panelled in English oak and walnut-panelled smoking room, war broke out and Blue Bird, was requisitioned. Although her participation at Dunkirk is recorded in A.D. Divine's book, no more details survive. A Royal Navy telegraphist has left an interesting first-hand account of some of her crew and her activities. At that time, she was engaged in the H.M. Customs Examination Service with a complement of two RNR officers and 16 crew.
It was spring 1941 and Blue Bird's Examination Station was west of the Bar Light Vessel, observing the approaches to the Mersey Main Channel off Liverpool. They spent three days at a time at sea, during which the Examination Officer, assisted by the deck crew, checked on all traffic into the port of Liverpool. There were frequent air raids on Liverpool docks and the Birkenhead shipyards. As soon as the alert was sounded, Blue Bird would cast off from the river pontoon and take up station in mid-stream to look out for enemy mines dropped from the air, and for ships approaching by sea. Once she narrowly missed being blown up by a bomb which, had it not failed to explode, would have blown them sky-high.
In September 1941 Blue Bird was posted to Londonderry, N. Ireland to patrol the coast of Ulster and Eire to intercept 'neutral' cargo vessels and to identify coasters in the channel approaches. This left a fair time for fishing. Bob McKenzie, the coxswain, was a trawlerman in peacetime and many of the lower ranks had been fishermen too. They soon rigged up an improvised trawl, a longline with l00 hooks at a time and hand lines to catch mackerel - all of which provided useful income, or currency for barter with the good people of Eire, when they passed in and out of Lough Foyle. A break in their routine was provided by their periodic visits to Belfast Lough for 'de-gaussing' - a process for making the ship less susceptible to magnetic mines. After the war, Blue Bird was de-commissioned, but by then Sir Malcolm Campbell was too ill to realise his dream of going treasure hunting in her. In 1948 he died and five years later, Blue Bird was sold to Jean Louis Renault, the French car maker, who owned her for 25 years, changed her name to Janick and added crew's quarters on the foredeck. She cruised extensively in the Mediterranean and was eventually sold to Mr. E. Colberg, who kept her at Long Beach, California.
This is where Bob Harvey-George and his wife Sheila heard she was for sale. They succeeded in buying her and sailed back to Cornwall, where they arrived in June 1986 after a five-week voyage, proving her seaworthiness whilst avoiding the first hurricane of the year in the Pacific. Since then, the ship has completed a major process of restoration. She has gone back to her old name: Blue Bird, and closer to her original design. Large areas of her deck have been covered with teak planking recovered from a ship which sank in the Bristol Channel in 1917. Her rigging, panelling and paintwork have all been restored and modern technology and comforts have been introduced discreetly without spoiling the charm of a more leisurely and elegant age.
In 1995 Blue Bird was bought by a Dutch Deep-sea Captain who took her to Holland. There, he and his wife Susan brought Blue Bird back to immaculate condition working seven days a week for four years. In the condition she is now she will survive well into the 21st century!
Until 2004 Blue Bird was a passenger charter yacht kept in the Port of Rotterdam. Known to cruise the Baltic and the South Coast of England.
She was bought by her present owner in 2004 and underwent a 3 year full restoration in Palma de Mallorca to her current condition using G.L.Watson her original naval architects and Bannenberg Designs for the interior. In 2008 she won the World Superyacht Award for ‘Best Refit’. Blue Bird was originally built by Sir Malcom Campbell to go treasure hunting in the Pacific Ocean on the Costa Rican island of Cocos which didn’t happen because of WWII, the current owner with his family navigated her there in 2015 to full fill this goal for the first time in her life.
Blue Bird is currently sailing in the Mediterranean Sea being mothership to a classic 1937 S&S yawl.
Updated: March 2020
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A General Description of Motor Yacht BLUE BIRD
BLUE BIRD was previously registered as project/yacht name Blue Bird Iv; Sterope; Janick. This 32 m (104 foot) luxury yacht was constructed by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing in 1938. Motor Yacht BLUE BIRD is a good sized superyacht. The firm of naval architecture that made the drawings on the yacht is G.L. Watson. The vessel had interior design work is the work of the talented Bannenberg Designs Ltd (Refit). Luxury yacht BLUE BIRD is a well crafted yacht that can sleep as many as 8 people on board and has approximately 8 crew.
New Build & Designing for Luxury Yacht BLUE BIRD
GL Watson was the naval architect firm involved in the professional nautical composition for BLUE BIRD. Also the company GL Watson expertly worked on this venture. Interior designer Bannenberg Designs Ltd (Refit) was employed for the creative internal styling. the United Kingdom is the country that Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing built their new build motor yacht in. After her official launch in 1938 in Goole the boat was thereafter delivered on to the yacht owner having completed sea trials. The core hull was built out of steel. The motor yacht superstructure component is made largely from steelandteak. With a beam of 6.13 metres or 20.1 feet BLUE BIRD has moderate internal space. She has a fairly deep draught of 3m (9.8ft). She had refit maintenance and alteration work completed by 2009.
Engines & Speeds On M/Y BLUE BIRD:
The 1015 MC V6 engine installed in the motor yacht is built by DEUTZ-MWM. Connected to her Deutz-Mwm engine(s) are twin screw propellers. She is fitted with 2 engines. As far as stabalisers are concerned she was supplied with Vosper.
On board Superyacht BLUE BIRD She Caters For Accommodation Format:
Providing chambers for a limit of 8 visiting passengers sleeping aboard, the BLUE BIRD accommodates everyone in luxury. The boat carries approximately 8 expert yacht crew to operate.
A List of the Specifications of the BLUE BIRD:
| Superyacht Name: | Motor Yacht BLUE BIRD |
|---|---|
| Ex: | Blue Bird Iv; Sterope; Janick |
| Built By: | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. |
| Built in: | Goole, United Kingdom |
| Launched in: | 1938 |
| Refitted in: | 2009 |
| Length Overall: | 31.65 metres / 103.7 feet. |
| Waterline Length: | 29.26 (96 ft) |
| Naval Architecture: | GL Watson, GL Watson |
| Interior Designers: | Bannenberg Designs Ltd (Refit) |
| Gross Tonnes: | 137 |
| Nett Tonnes: | 80 |
| Displacement: | 175 |
| Hull / Superstructure Construction Material: | steel / steelandteak |
| Owner of BLUE BIRD: | Unknown |
| BLUE BIRD available for luxury yacht charters: | - |
| Is the yacht for sale: | - |
| Helicopter Landing Pad: | No |
| Material Used For Deck: | teak |
| The Country the Yacht is Flagged in: | Netherlands |
| Official registry port is: | Rotterdam |
| Home port: | Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Class society used: | LR (Lloyds Register) |
| Max yacht charter guests: | 8 |
| Number of Crew Members: | 8 |
| The Model type is 1015 MC V6 diesel. | |
| Cruising at a speed of 12 nautical miles per hour. | |
| Top Speed: | 13 knots. |
| Range: | 4000 at a speed of 10 knots. |
| Fuel Capacity: | 20000 L. |
| Potable water capacity: | 5000.00. |
| Gensets: | Mercedes 1 times 49 kilowatts, 1 times 12 kilowatts, G&m 1 times 9.7 kilowatts. |
| Stabalisers: | Vosper. |
| Yacht Beam: | 6.13m/20.1ft. |
| Waterline Length (LWL): | 29.26m/96ft. |
| Draught Maximum: | 3m/9.8ft. |
Miscellaneous Yacht Details
She has a teak deck.
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The current position of BLUE BIRD OF 1938 is at West Mediterranean reported 1 min ago by AIS. The vessel BLUE BIRD OF 1938 (IMO 8993320, MMSI 235054628) is a Yacht built in 1938 (86 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of United Kingdom (UK) .
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| Current draught | 3.0 m |
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| IMO / MMSI | 8993320 / 235054628 |
| Callsign | MENX6 |
| Flag | United Kingdom (UK) |
| Length / Beam | 31 / 6 m |
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| Year of Build | 1938 |
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The award winning 31.59m/103'8" classic yacht 'Blue Bird of 1938' (ex. Blue Bird IV) was built by Goole Shipyard. Her interior is styled by English designer design house Bannenberg & Rowell and she was completed in 1938. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of G.L. Watson & Co. and she was last refitted in 2005. Guest Accommodation
BLUE BIRD of 1938 is a 31.61 m Motor Yacht, built in the United Kingdom by Goole Sb and delivered in 1938. Her top speed is 12.0 kn and she boasts a maximum range of 3500.0 nm when navigating at cruising speed, with power coming from two Baudouin diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 8 guests in 5 staterooms, with 8 crew members waiting on ...
Blue Bird has a top speed of 13 knots. She is powered by a twin screw propulsion system. Blue Bird is a custom motor yacht launched in 1938 by Goole Shipyard and most recently refitted in 2008. Design. Blue Bird measures 31.59 metres in length, with a max draft of 3.20 metres and a beam of 6.03 metres.
We had the pleasure of welcoming the magnificent yacht "Blue Bird of 1938" to the dock of honour of our port a few days ago. This is the story of this ship. The yacht was launched from Goole Shipyard for Sir Malcolm Campbell. Designed by Scottish naval architects G.L. Watson, it was to be an ocean yacht while Sir Malcolm planned to go ...
BLUE BIRD OF 1938: Pro Gallery. BLUE BIRD OF 1938. Type: Motor Yacht Length: 107ft Beam: 20ft Draft: 9ft 10ins Displacement: 175 tons Engine: 2 x Baudoin DP12 400hp Diesels Construction: Steel ... Until 2004 Blue Bird was a passenger charter yacht kept in the Port of Rotterdam. Known to cruise the Baltic and the South Coast of England.
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This 32 m (104 foot) luxury yacht was constructed by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing in 1938. Motor Yacht BLUE BIRD is a good sized superyacht. The firm of naval architecture that made the drawings on the yacht is G.L. Watson. The vessel had interior design work is the work of the talented Bannenberg Designs Ltd (Refit).
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The current position of BLUE BIRD OF 1938 is at Aegean Sea reported 3 days ago by AIS. The vessel is en route to the port of Saint Tropez, France, and expected to arrive there on Jun 2, 02:00.The vessel BLUE BIRD OF 1938 (IMO 8993320, MMSI 235054628) is a Yacht built in 1938 (86 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of United Kingdom (UK).
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Blue Bird of 1938 is a motor yacht with an overall length of m. The yacht's builder is Goole Shipyard from United Kingdom, who launched Blue Bird of 1938 in 1938. The superyacht has a beam of m, a draught of m and a volume of . GT.. Blue Bird of 1938 features exterior design by G.L. Watson & Co. Ltd and interior design by Bannenberg & Rowell Design. Up to 9 guests can be accommodated on board ...
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In 1938, Sir Malcolm Campbell one of the greatest speed aces of the 1930s and one of the outstanding characters of the period, commissioned the 100-ft ocean-going motor yacht Blue Bird to go digging for buried treasure in the Pacific. War scuppered the hero's plans and his yacht ended up ferrying troops off the Dunkirk beaches in the fire ...
BLUE BIRD OF 1938 (IMO: 8993320) is a Yacht registered and sailing under the flag of United Kingdom.Her gross tonnage is 137 and deadweight is 0.BLUE BIRD OF 1938 was built in 1938.BLUE BIRD OF 1938 length overall (LOA) is 31.59 m, beam is 6.03 m. Her container capacity is 0 TEU.
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