Wartime Builds Chart

The Morgan Giles shipyard built over 100 vessels during the second world war.

Evacuation of Tolbruk 1942

Two Morgan Giles HDMLs were captured by German Forces during the evacuation of Tolbruk in 1942.

The engine running on The Margherita (HMS Tresham)

Two Minesweepers were built by Morgan Giles in the 1950s as part of a NATO programme to counter mines, which it was believed would be laid by the Soviet Union in western European coastal and inshore waters in the event of a war.

MORE ABOUT MINESWEEPERS

The Morgan Giles Register

GALAHAD

Type/Class Admiralty > Seamanship Training Craft

Designer: F. C. Morgan Giles

Builder: Morgan Giles Ltd

Year: 1962

Ship statusRegistered

Yard Number751

Original Sail NumberK 1775

Home PortPorto Ercole, Italy

Known History

The Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
1962 - the early 1980's

C. Shepard esq. Devon
unknown until 1989

C. Winsar esq of Salcombe, Devon.
1989 - 1997

K. Ehrlich of Fowey, Cornwall.
1997 - 2003

C. Schlup & G. Niebauer. Porto Ercole, Italy.
2003 - present.

ConstructionTeak planking on Oak

LOA12.95m (42ft 6ins)

LWL9.30m (30ft 6ins)

Beam2.89m (9ft 6ins)

Draft 2.1m (6ft 10ins)

Displacement14000kg (30864lb)

Thames Tonnage13 tons

OwnerCyril Schlup & Gert Niebauer

Previous Ownership

The Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
1962 - the early 1980's

C. Shepard esq. Devon
unknown until 1989

C. Winsar esq of Salcombe, Devon.
1989 - 1997

K. Ehrlich of Fowey, Cornwall.
1997 - 2003

C. Schlup & G. Niebauer. Porto Ercole, Italy.
2003 - present.