Maimonde

Maimonde was built in 1937 by Saunders Roe in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Maimonde is a 45ft Medina Class motor yacht. She has a teak hull, deck and superstructure.

Pre-war the boat received considerable attention from the yachting press. Unfortunately, her first owner only had three summers to enjoy her as she was requisitioned by the Navy for the Dunkirk evacuation. he Royal Navy held onto her for the remainder of the war as a naval auxiliary.

Its role in the Dunkirk evacuation was only recently rediscovered. Research undertaken during the 2018-2021 restoration was listed as a Dunkirk Little ship in two books on the subject and by the archivists of the Ships Club in London, where she is listed as one of the members who took part in the evacuation. Unfortunately, no specific details about her action are given.

She went through one owners after the war (she has had 12 so far). Considerable detailed structural restoration work has been completed in recent years, the largest parts of which include a new deck, coach and wheelhouse roof and two new engines. Restoration work on the interior is underway...