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1839 William Pitcher Lightship

Name: 1839 William Pitcher Lightship
Brand: William Pitcher
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other used Listed 20 days ago

£450,000

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Specifications

Make William Pitcher

Model Lightship

Year 1839

Length 87.5ft (26.7m)

Beam 6.40m

Draft 3.35m

Hull Material wood

Location Kent, United Kingdom

Description

LV 16 Inner Dowsing Lightship is one of the oldest surviving Lightships built in the UK by William Pitcher in Northfleet for Trinity House in 1839. She is built of Burma Teak. She is a fabulous ship that would grace any historic dock as a special venue or as a unique family home. She benefits from SOLAR POWER, New Electrics throughout and an ecologically friendly BIODIGESTER system all installed in 2023 making this vessel energy efficient and environmentally friendly. She has mains water and mains electricity. There is a powerful Solar Inverter that switches over back to mains power when neces...

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Boat Price

Deposit 15% (£67,500)

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Loan Term

Interest Rate (APR) 6.9%

4.9% 9.9%

Monthly Finance Payment

£4,421

£382,500 over 10 years at 6.9% APR

Monthly Running Costs (estimated)

Mooring / berthing £1,010

Insurance £563

Maintenance £1,500

Fuel £292

Running costs subtotal £3,365/mo

True Monthly Cost

£7,786

Finance + running costs combined

Finance 57% Running costs 43%

Total Interest

£148,075

Total Cost (finance)

£598,075

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