Nimrod
ex Scirroco II
Nimrod, originally named Scirroco II, was designed by A. Mylne & Co. under design number 1049 as a steam yacht. The vessel is recorded in the Mylne register, though significant details including the year of design, construction particulars, builder, and current status remain incomplete. The yacht's subsequent history and present whereabouts are not known.
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Specification
Design Archive
Historical Context
A. Mylne & Co. operated from 1896 to approximately 1980, establishing itself as one of Scotland's foremost yacht design offices. The practice designed numerous vessels across varied types—racing yachts, cruising cutters, motor vessels, and steam yachts. Design 1049 falls within the firm's extensive portfolio, though without a recorded design year, its precise chronological position within Mylne's output is uncertain. Steam propulsion was an important option for wealthy owners during the Edwardian and inter-war periods, though sailing yachts remained the primary focus of the practice. The renaming from Scirroco II to Nimrod suggests the yacht passed through different ownership, a transition that often left gaps in documentary record-keeping.