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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 09-28-2012 01:47 PM

..the passenger vessel. [Not Lady K II

]

Pam

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SSTRAVELER
First Class Passenger
Member # 15170

posted 09-28-2012 05:37 PM

Read all about her here:

http://www.charterworld.com/index.html?sub=yacht-charter&charter=my-lady-k-ii-formerly-princess-tanya-694

Maybe someone knows which tycoon ordered her but the reports are that she was once owned by Walter Annenberg. I don't know if he built her or if he bought her though.

Would not mind calling her "my yacht"

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 09-28-2012 07:26 PM

She was built for Basil Mavroleon as Radiant II. He was a founder of London and Overseas Freighters who were part of a consortium that took over the shipyard Austin & Pickersgill in Sunderland in 1957 and were the largest shareholder.
A great 1965 Life Mag article here.

She's a nice vessel, but does not suit the murky UK weather; perhaps here for a refit or maintenance? she is berthed at Solent Refit. I have seen her in the Med where she sparkled. She has also been Lisboa II as well as Princess Tanya.

She's had some 'excitement' in her time and was apparently very costly to run back in 1969.

Not the passenger vessel referred to above though

Pam

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Magic Pipe
First Class Passenger
Member # 6994

posted 09-28-2012 07:31 PM

Waverly

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 09-28-2012 08:01 PM

Yes; she's so lovely to watch I just carried on taking photos even when she had disappeared behind the jetty; well I could spot the odd bits of her funnels in the gaps

Pam

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 09-29-2012 12:19 AM

I wished I lived near the water....

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Globaliser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4153

posted 09-29-2012 06:01 AM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
Yes; she's so lovely to watch I just carried on taking photos even when she had disappeared behind the jetty; well I could spot the odd bits of her funnels in the gaps

I was on the ferry last night. Approaching Tower Bridge, I saw a familiar pair of funnels coming towards us in the opposite direction.

I think most of the other passengers were a bit bemused by my rushing off to the open deck at the stern of the ferry to get a decent view of her!

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jeffrossatsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 2962

posted 10-01-2012 03:25 PM

i remember seeing this yacht many, many years ago in st. barts...she was beautiful, but had quite a list on her that the port holes were under water...still beautiful to look at...jeff

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 10-07-2012 05:35 PM

An update on LADY K II. It appears from this link that she had been neglected in France for a number of years and was re-commissioned for a delivery voyage to the UK for a re-fit. She looked fine to me in Marseilles in August 2010.

Pam

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