The former British Power Boat Co Ltd boatyard at Hythe, Hampshire

The former boatyard of the British Power Boat Co. Ltd. The company was formed 30 September 1927 to use R Kemp's Hythe Boatyard which Hubert-Scott Paine had purchased in the same year. The British Power Boat Company became a limited liability company in June 1938 and was liquidated in 1947. In 1989 the site was occupied by Dreamland Electric Blanket Company. This is a slightly distant view of the building in Dibden Shore Road which was built in 1901 as the Murrays Hotel and was taken over for use as the yard's main offices. A number of motor cars are parked in front of the building including a Volkswagen Golf GJT 951V and an Austin Metro B62 OPR. Other buildings are in the background.

Object Details

ID: N61809
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Studio, National Maritime Museum Photographic
Date made: 6 April 1989
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm x 74 mm