George Millar owned Amokura from 1954-60. He was well-known as an author particularly for Maquis which chronicled his exploits in WW2 behind enemy lines - he escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp and on return to London promptly enlisted with the...
These photos are of Amokura on sea trials in Southampton Water in May 1939, or shortly thereafter. The first picture seems to show Lady Harston back in the cockpit and a range of other people possibly boatyard employees, sitting on deck.
The following pictures show Amokura's keel being cast at Moody's yard. The gentleman standing at the far end supervising is believed to be Moody's foreman Eddy Bundy.
