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I think this is a Ringnetter, owned by Eric Mowat, pictured here before the war, and the vessel about to give her a tow down the beach is maybe the Hoy Head,
I believe Eric owned more than one such boat- maybe someone will know better than me as "am only a boy"!!
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I don't think the towing vessel is the Hoy Head John, as I'm pretty sure that she didn't have a main mast. It could have been one of Metals tugs.
From the depths of my mind, which is not very deep, as you are well aware, I seem to recall that Eric's boat, was called the "Ilene". He spent part of the war down in the Solent, as a tender for the fleet, but I don't know if it was with the boat in the picture.
Johnny Pottinger will probably know, as he served with Eric for a while.
After the war, Eric had a Zulu called the "Ringdove", but she had no wheelhouse.
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From the depths of my mind, which is not very deep, as you are well aware, I seem to recall that Eric's boat, was called the "Ilene". He spent part of the war down in the Solent, as a tender for the fleet, but I don't know if it was with the boat in the picture.
Johnny Pottinger will probably know, as he served with Eric for a while.
After the war, Eric had a Zulu called the "Ringdove", but she had no wheelhouse.
Added by Fred Johnston on 03 March 2008
Hoy and Walls
Eric was in the Naval Reserve and was called to service along with his boat. I have heard that he went to Portsmouth, a crewman went along with him but cant remember who- that was only fireside tales as I am too YOUNG!! to remember.