page_title: Montagu whaler
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Montagu whaler / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: ThisMontagu whaler is displayed on the mezzanine floor of No. 2 Slip at Chatham Historic Dockyard in 2020. A 27' naval whaler was an open clinker built boat that could perform under sail or by rowing. A Montagu whaler had a drop keel ans was wider in the beam thus more stable. They were in service between 1910 and 1970 with the Royal Navy and commonwealth navies.
context_page_description: The Montagu whaler was the standard seaboat of the Royal Navy between 1910- 1970, it was a clinker built 27 by 6 feet open boat, which could be pulled by oars or powered by sail. It was double-ended; having a pointed stem and stern. The design of this naval whaler, was proposed by retired Rear Admiral The Honourable Victor Alexander Montagu in 1890 to replace a variety of smaller craft with one single, versatile craft.
  They were in use with the Royal Navy - and associated commonwealth navies such as the Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy - until the 1960s. They were used for service, training and recreation, whaler races were organised between ships and ports; minor royalty often handed out the trophies. After service, some were passed on to other groups, including the Sea Cadets.
  The whaler was later fitted with outboard motors, and a less successful derivative had an in-board petrol motor. When rowed, it had had five oarsmen and a coxwain; in all it could carry 27 men.
context_section_description: The Montagu whaler is a 27 feet (8.2 m) clinker built boat with a generous 6 feet (1.8 m) beam, fitted with a drop keel. In England they were built from wych elm or sand elm. In Malta they used mahogany.
  Length: 27 feet (8.2 m)
  Beam: 6 feet (1.8 m)
  Draught: 1 foot 5 inches (0.43 m)
  Weight: (Normal load) 20.5cwt (1020 kg)
  Life Saving Capacity: 27
caption: Montagu whaler, Chatham
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