Design No. 608
Renfrew Rose
Design 608 is a twin screw motor yacht conceived by the naval architect Alfred Mylne. The design generated 45 working drawings. Two yachts are known to have been built to this specification: Renfrew Rose and Yoker Swan. Further details regarding the date of design, dimensions, builder, and owner are not currently available in the archive.
Original Drawings · 45 sheets
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Complete set of drawings in the archive.
Yachts in the Register · 2
Historical Context
Alfred Mylne was a Scottish naval architect practising during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His practice encompassed sailing yachts, motor yachts, and working vessels. The twin screw configuration was a practical choice for motor yachts of the interwar and immediate post-war periods, offering improved manoeuvrability and redundancy compared to single-engine designs. Design 608 falls within Mylne's broader catalogue of motorised vessels, though its precise chronology within his practice remains unclear from current archival records.