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Yacht Trenora being built by Thornycrofts. Monaco harbor 1954. This yacht was ordered by a ‘distinguished English Surgeon in Paris’ named Mr Gerald Stanley. He ordered it to provide work for British shipworkers during a period of depression. The yacht was built to a high degree of luxury, but in 1940 it joined the Canadian navy as 'HMCS Sans Peur' (Fearless) and was fitted out as an Armed Yacht with a 4” gun on the foredeck. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Yacht Trenora being built by Thornycrofts. Monaco harbor 1954. This yacht was ordered by a ‘distinguished English Surgeon in Paris’ named Mr Gerald Stanley. He ordered it to provide work for British shipworkers during a period of depression. The yacht was built to a high degree of luxury, but in 1940 it joined the Canadian navy as 'HMCS Sans Peur' (Fearless) and was fitted out as an Armed Yacht with a 4” gun on the foredeck.

The motor yacht Trenora, with its prominent central funnel and multiple decks, is moored in Monaco harbor, 1954. The luxurious vessel was commissioned by English surgeon Mr. Gerald Stanley to create work for British shipworkers during a depression. It later served in the Canadian navy as the armed yacht HMCS Sans Peur (Fearless), fitted with a 4-inch gun on its foredeck.

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