Malcolm Miller

The Malcolm Miller on a buoy in Falmouth harbour, August 2009.
Career (Cayman Islands)
Name:	Malcolm Miller
Builder:	John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen
Yard number:	353
Laid down:	23 March 1967
Launched:	10 October 1967
In service:	10 March 1968
Renamed:	Helena C (2001)
Identification:	Official number 303228 Callsign MYFU
General characteristics
Class and type:	Private yacht
Tonnage:	219 grt
Length:	148 ft 2 in (45.16 m) overall
Beam:	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draught:	14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)
Propulsion:	7,110 sq ft (661 m2) sail, 2 x Perkins T 6 354 (M) 240 hp (180 kW) diesel engines
Sail plan:	Schooner
Speed:	8.61 knots (15.95 km/h)

Malcolm Miller was a sail training ship which was built in Aberdeen, Scotland by John Lewis & Sons, shipbuilders. She was sold out of service in 2001 and renamed Helena C and currently serves as a private yacht.

History

Malcolm Miller was built in 1967, half of the construction cost being donated by Sir James Miller, a former Lord Mayor of London and Lord Provost of Edinburgh. She was named for Sir James' son Malcolm, who had been killed in a car accident.^[1] The ship was designed by Camper & Nicholson and used by the Sail Training Association as a Sail Training Ship.^[2] Malcolm Miller was a sister ship to Sir Winston Churchill.

In 2000, Malcolm Miller was replaced in service by Stavros S Niarchos.^[3] In 2001, Malcolm Miller was sold and her new owners renamed her Helena C.^[1]

In June 2008 she was damaged by fire while being refurbished.^[4] As of August 2009, the ship (minus masts) was moored to a buoy in Falmouth harbour.

See also

• List of schooners

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Malcolm Miller". aberdeenships.com. http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?index=101710&. Retrieved 2008-10-24. 
2. ^ "Helena C", Formerly Malcolm Miller, 3-Masted Topsail Schooner Lying Hants. UK". EasternYachts.com. http://easternyachts.com/helenac/index.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-24. 
3. ^ "Malcolm Miller". sailing-ships.oktett.net. http://sailing-ships.oktett.net/756.html. Retrieved 2008-10-24. 
4. ^ "Malcolm Miller fire". www.dailyecho.co.uk. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2331665.man_badly_burned_in_boat_fire/. Retrieved 2010-08-04.