Design No. 441
Kiwi ll
Design 441 represents Alfred Mylne's work in twin screw motor yacht design. The design is documented within the Mylne archive through eight drawings. A vessel named Kiwi II was built to this design, though specific details regarding construction date, builder, dimensions and subsequent history are not currently available in the archive record.
Original Drawings · 8 sheets
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Yachts in the Register · 1
Historical Context
Alfred Mylne's design practice encompassed a broad range of vessel types across several decades. Twin screw motor yachts represented an important category within early twentieth-century yacht design, offering improved manoeuvrability and reliability compared to single-screw configurations. The shift from sail to motor propulsion was gradual, with many designers of Mylne's generation working in both domains. Design 441 reflects this transitional period in yacht design history, though the specific context of its commission and the circumstances of Kiwi II's construction remain undocumented in accessible archive materials.