Speedwell F107 is a 50ft Kings smack built in 1901.
Built in 1901 by William King at Burnham, SPEEDWELL is an oyster smack. With an 18 hp Dan marine spirit engine, she was the first motorised vessel on the east coast. Her construction is of pitch pine planking on grown oak frames with a new 2” composite deck of iroko planks on marine ply. She worked until 1967 when she was sold into private ownership and converted to a yacht without changing her fundamental character. First registered as CK314 by Smith Brothers of Burnham, after five subsequent changes in ownership she was bought by her present owner in 2004. In 2001, she celebrated her 100th Birthday by winning the Festival of the Sea Race at Portsmouth.
