Richard Carr

1970s? Flying the White Ensign

1970s? Flying the White Ensign

This picture shows Amokura at anchor flying the prestigious white ensign. The white ensign is the preserve of Royal Navy ships, Trinity House vessels escorting the reigning monarch, and (in Amokura's case) members of the Royal Yacht Squadron.  Two...

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Richard Carr

Captain Richard Carr owned Amokura from the late 1960s until he died in 1977.  In the Second World War he was a prisoner of war alongside George Millar and the two became friends.  Millar had owned Amokura from 1953-60 and nearly a decade later he...

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1969: The Carrs welcome Sir Ernest Harston aboard

1969: The Carrs welcome Sir Ernest Harston aboard

In August 1969 the Carr family visited Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River to show off their newly refitted boat to Sir Ernest Harston, for whom she had been built in 1939. These pictures show Amokura being greeted at Bucklers Hard by Sir Ernest...

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1947-69 Photos by ‘Beken of Cowes’

1947-69 Photos by ‘Beken of Cowes’

These photographs were taken by Beken of Cowes, the renowned marine photographers.  Click on any image to see a larger version. The first shows Amokura competing in the 1947 Cowes to Cherbourg race.  The photograph was taken near Cowes on 23 May...

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