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. the photographer is looking at the rendered frontage of a two storey, flat roofed office/showroom building fronting Dibden Shore Road, centreing on the main door with a canopy over. A Honda Prelude MPR 430W is parked in front of the building. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N61817
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: 80 mm x 62 mm
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