V12 - "Argosy" ex "Felicity"(1925)

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FFCC99" ALINK="#FF9966" VLINK="#FF9966">  <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><B>History & Homes of the Sunbeam One Design</B></FONT>     |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History Homes of the Sunbeam One Design"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14">        <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="V11 Harmony ex Whiskey (1925)"><IMG SRC="0430e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>    <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="V13 Bryony ex Rosemary ex Pansy ex Quer"><IMG SRC="0440e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>        <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04658020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> V12 - "Argosy" ex "Felicity"(1925)</div> <div> <A HREF="id23__argosy_v12_ex_felicity__1925_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The SUNBEAM Index ">Sunbeam Index Page</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> 1925: Built by Woodnutt & Co. Ltd., of St. Helens, Isle of Wight. </div> <bR> <div> 1925: V.12 <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Felicity </I></FONT>Solent Class<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I> </I></FONT>owner ... [did Alfred Westmacott own a share in <I>Felicity,</I> from new?]</div> <bR> <bR> <div> 1928: Renamed V.12 <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Argosy</I></FONT> </div> <bR> <div> 1950 Lloyds Register # 346: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>ARGOSY</I></FONT> ex <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Felicity II</I></FONT> (1925) Solent Sunbeam O.D.  Home port <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >Bembridge.</FONT></div> <div> Ratsey sails 1934 & 1935.  (No owener details)</div> <bR> <div> 1951 Lloyds Register # 373: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>ARGOSY</I></FONT> ex <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Felicity II</I></FONT> (1925), Solent Sunbeam O.D.,  Home port <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >Bosham</FONT>.</div> <div> Ratsey sails 1934 & 1935. </div> <div> Owner: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >Norman C. Beaumont</FONT>, Hathfield House, Monygate Lane, Shepperton, Middx.   Member -Bos.</div> <div> 1952 Lloyds Register # 380 - same as 1951</div> <div> 1953 Lloyds Register  - same as 1951</div> <div> 1954 Lloyds Register  - same as 1951</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2cff8850.jpg" border=0 width="760" height="133" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 1961: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Argosy (ex Felicity II)</I></FONT> Reg #  435, Solent Sunbeam OD, <I>Home Port Bosham</I>. </div> <div> Owner John R. Beaumont, Gable Cottage,  Boughton Hall Avenue, Send, Surrey. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >[1961 Register pp 35 & 952] </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>1968</B>: V12 <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Argosy</I></FONT>, Registered Owner, P. H. Chisholm, R.P. Burgoyne.   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id115_1968___sail_numbers_of_racing_yachts.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lloyds Register of Yachts">[Lloyds Sail Numbers of Racing Yachts, 1968]</A></FONT></div> <div> [Note: Same 1968 list includes V24 <I>Fay</I> and V38 <I>Tantivity,</I> both owned by Henry Chisholm, C.B.E. .... the family fleet?] </div> <bR> <div> 1964 - 1975 Sir Henry Chisholm C.B.E. was the Solent Sunbeam Class Captain.</div> <bR> <div> 1972: V.12 <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Argosy</I></FONT> (1925) owners, P.H. Chisholm, London SW1, and P.R. Burgoyne, Esq., Longford House, Cornwells Bank, Chailey, Sussex.</div> <bR> <div> 1999:<I> </I>V12 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Argosy</I></FONT> (David Bevan-Thomas, Itchenor S.C.) entered The Falmouth Sunbeams 75th Anniversary Championships held 22-27 August. Her hull colour was then Royal Blue.</div> <bR> <div> <B>2000</B>:   <A NAME="2000___sept__rescue_of_v12_argosy________"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Account of the rescue of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Argosy                                           </I></FONT>[as published by the West Sussex Observer]<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I><IMG SRC="418f8e80.jpg" border=0 width="760" height="488" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> An account of the sinking of Argosy can be found on the Intchenor Sailing Club Website "What is a Sunbeam?" page</div> <div> Read "<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0099FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.itchenorsc.co.uk/sunbeam_permanent.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.itchenorsc.co.uk/sunbeam_perm">SUNK, FOUND & RECOVERED</A></FONT> by Roger Wickens</div> <bR> </BODY>