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 this site was occupied by Dreamland Electric Blanket Company. The photographer is looking at building 6 in a corner at the end of a roadway. This is a two storey brick building under a pitched roof and a two storey brick building under a flat roof is on the right. On the left is a brick building with a white painted frontage and a projecting wooden bay window. A sign board on this building reads 'Dreamland service'. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N61838
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: 74 mm x 62 mm