YARROW & CO

If you want history, Lady Hertha has it in spades. Originally called Destiny she was built in 1935 by Yarrow & Co on the Clyde River in Scotland for Lt Eric Gordon, a veteran of World War One.

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BUILT 1935 / 2024 PRICE €3,950,000

Gordon enlisted with the 10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry but was so seriously wounded that he was officially declared “not fit for anything but general service at home.” He begged to differ, joined the Royal Flying Corps (the only service not requiring a medical) and was flying a Sopwith Camel six weeks later! And the military history doesn't end there because in 1943 Destiny was requisitioned by the Royal Navy and wound up in Bootle Docks as a fire boat, complete with four 700gpm pumps and eight deliveries. She reentered private ownership in 1955.