Launched in 1948 for Mr Capper, but it wasn’t until McDougall her fourth owner sold her to Cdr. A. G. (Peter) Hamilton that her story really began.

Peter had previously sailed Speedwell of Hong Kong (V44) back from HK to the UK in 1953 and although Salmo did not have an engine under Peter’s ownership and equipped only with an AA book (of roadmaps) to navigate by he sailed her to the Clyde.

Then in 1956 he voyaged alone to Labrador and laid her up to winter in Canada. He returned to England to marry Jill, and returned to Canada to continue his voyaging to the Panama Canal and on into the Pacific Ocean. These voyages were well documented in his book The Restless Wind.

Salmo was later sold in the United States and was last known under the ownership of Alan and Joan Brown who cruised to New Zealand in the mid 1980’s. This photograph was taken in 2012.