Fred Shepherd was a prolific designer completing the designs of over 80 yachts during his career. So the listing of his designs below is far from complete. If you have more information about any of these boats, or indeed any Fred Shepherd designs which are not mentioned – please do get in touch via the contact page.
| Yacht | Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Nereus | 1899 | A 95' yawl built by White Brothers of Itchen Ferry for CSS Guthrie. Guthrie used her until 1914 when she was laid up for the war and subsequently sold to a Scandinavian. She was later renamed Moyana and was owned by Lt Col Ballantyne and later Mrs J Boumphrey. This was Shepherd's second largest yacht and one of the first he built in conjunction with White Brothers – many others followed. |
| Chione | 1900 | A 58' cutter built for Reverend Henry Rogers |
| Coral of Cowes | 1902 | A 98' gaff yawl built for Dr J MacMahon of Cork, Ireland, she was first named 'Bamba III'. In 1923 she was purchased by Sir Hugh Drummond, Chairman of the English South Western Railway. He renamed her 'Coral' and she went on to win the King's Cup in 1926 and 1928. |
| Breeze | 1902 | A 22' waterline racing cutter built for Sir William Forwood, a Liverpool shipowner in order to race on Lake Windermere. |
| Pelagia (now Diogene) | 1903 | A 92' gaff yawl built for CJ Morgan by White Brothers, Southampton |
| Chinkara | 1903 | A 46' yawl built at the Hanson yard on the Isle of Wight for Colonel Potts |
| Coralind | 1904 | A 5 ton yawl for built for Percy Tatchell |
| Baby II | 1905 | A racing motor boat built for JW Brooke and Co of Lowestoft |
| Cushie Doo | 1907 | Built by Harris Brothers at Rowhedge, Essex |
| Wayward | 1908 | A 65'gaff cutter built by White Brothers in Southampton for Lord Tanguy |
| Swastika | 1908 | A 65' ketch built by Gill and Son in Rochester, Kent |
| Owl | 1909 | A 41' ketch built by White Brothers She was lengthened to 55' on deck by a later owner Mr Andrews in 1921. She underwent a refit at IBTC in Lowestoft finishing in 1997 just before IBTC started work on Amokura. |
| Thalia | 1911 | A wildfowling and cruising cutter built by Harris Brothers at Rowhedge, Essex |
| Sweetheart | 1912 | A 49' motorsailer |
| Corona | 1913 | A 50'6" centreplate yawl for J Dring. This was designed with a centreboard in order to enable her to be stored on the foreshore at Southend on Sea. Her draught was 3'10" with the centreplate raised and 8' with it fully lowered. |
| Banba IV | 1913 | A 38' cruising ketch built in the pointed stern Scandinavian lifeboat / pilot boat style, for Dr J McMahon of Cork, Ireland |
| Sappho (later Dodoni and now Tirrenia II) | 1914 | A 60' gaff ketch built by HR Stevens Limited, Southampton |
| Eleonor | 1914 | A 52 motor yacht |
| Carrina | 1914 | A 54' staysail schooner built by RJ Perkins and Sons in Whitstable, Kent, for Lord GF Carrington |
| Thanet | 1914 | A 73'6" cutter built by Harris Brothers at Rowhedge, Essex for JW Cook, who raced her with Captain Zacv Burch from Rowhedge and a crew from the village. In the 1930s she was owned by Field Marshall Viscount Gort who converted her to a bermudian cutter rig in 1935 and to a bermudian yawl in 1937. After the Second World War she was owned by Colonel Towers-Clark who raced her in handicap races until the early 1950s |
| Crystal II | 1927 | A 35' yawl built by AM Dickie and Sons of Tarbert |
| White Bird | 1928 | A 100'4" twin screw motor yacht built by SE Saunders at East Cowes for Frenchman Marius Barbarou. White Bird was Shepherd's largest motor yacht with two six-cylinder German diesel engines |
| Milena | 1929 | An 89' ketch built by White Bros. Until recently she was based in Cannes and chartered for holidays in France and Greece |
| Lexia | 1931 | A 64' cutter built by Berthon Boat Company at Lymington for Major TP Rose Richards. Shepherd was commissioned to design her in December 1930 and she was launched by July of 1931 and competed in the Fastnet Race a month later |
| Shireen | 1934 | A 51' cutter |
| Oenone (now Union) | 1935 | A 45' bermudian cutter built by Berthon Boat Company, Lymington for Mr EG Wardrop |
| Maybird | 1937 | A 43' gaff ketch built by Jack Tyrell at Arklow, Ireland, for Lieutenant Colonel WCW Hawkes DSO |
| Amokura | 1939 | A 51' bermudian yawl built by AH Moody & Sons for Major (later Sir) Ernest Harston and later owned by author George Millar |
| Glaramara | 1947 | A sister-ship to Amokura, with a ketch rig. She was built for Sir Philip Bowyer-Smith by AH Moody & Sons |
| Lively Lady | 1948 | A 36' bermudian yawl self-built by Mr SJP Cambridge in Calcutta. Later used by Sir Alec Rose to complete his 1968 solo circumnavigation. |
| Heron II | NK | A 46' cutter |