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 along Dibden Shore Road showing a rendered frontage, two storey flat roofed office/showroom building with a three storey pitched roof building next to it. Beyond the Dreamland reception office is Murrays Hotel, built in 1901. Cars are parked in front of the office/showroom including a Ford Fiesta PMH 652R, A Zastava 128 C51 YCR and a Honda Prelude MPR 430W.

Object Details

ID: N61818
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 76 mm