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 four corrugated iron clad buildings with cars parked in front of them. On the left is the reception cabin with the sign 'All drivers report here'. An high level walkway connects the two buildings on the left and has the word 'Dreamland' on it and provides a clear headroom of 14'9". Building 10 is in the centre with a Vauxhall Cavalier Sri UPV 948X parked outside. A sign on this building reads: 'Gate No. 2 Private Property Dreamland Group. No unauthorised persons,boats or vehicles allowed on these premises'. On the building on the right is a sign: 'Dreamland Goods in and factory 100 yards on right'.

Object Details

ID: N61839
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 75 mm