The ''Malcolm Miller'' is a sistership of the three-mast schooner ''

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'' designed by Camper & Nicholsons. She was built by John Lewis & Sons in

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and first served as a

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ship before being converted into a yacht.

History

The ''Malcolm Miller'' was built in 1967. Half of the construction cost was donated by Sir James Miller, a former

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and

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. She was named in memory of Sir James's son Malcolm, who had been killed in a car accident. She was used by the

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as a sail training ship. In 2000, the ''Malcolm Miller'' was replaced in service by the ''

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''. In 2001, the ''Malcolm Miller'' was sold and her new owners renamed her ''Helena C''. She was rebuilt and redelivered in 2004 as a private pleasure ship. She crossed the Atlantic ocean on two occasions. In June 2008 she was damaged by fire while being refurbished, leaving one man with serious burns. In August 2009, the ship was moored to a buoy in

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, mastless and bearing the name ''Malcolm Miller''. In November 2011, she was laid up off

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on the

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. Subsequently she was sold to the owner of a commercial yard in Cyprus. In January 2012, she was towed to

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and then to

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, to undergo a complete refit at the Conrad shipyard. She was relaunched in 2014, and in July 2016 made a brief visit to the UK. She is currently (2025) operating as a charter vessel under her original name Malcolm Miller and is registered in Limassol, Cyprus.

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History

See also

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