Hovercraft Engineering

Meridian Marine Ltd can refurbish hovercraft in their workshop located in Gosport, England. Recent projects have brought hovercraft back to as new condition, with appropriate modifications taking into account technological progress. This has improved the skirt design and materials, simplified and improved the electrics, reduced weight and improved weight distribution.

The Tiger 12 Hovercraft was completely refitted after a successful contract and taken back to the hull and put back together with modifications that significantly improved its capabilities and reduced servicing costs due to the reengineering of the systems and drive train.

The Griffon 2500 has had extensive modifications throughout the build, losing weight, improving weight distribution, simplified fuel systems and electrics and a skirt using advances in design and technology making this craft a 21st century hovercraft.

Welding hovercraft hull Tiger 12	Hovercraft Engineering Making weld modifications to the Tiger 12 hull in the workshop. The craft was stripped to the hull and fully refurbished and the epoxy coated.
Griffon 2500	Griffon 2500 refurbishment The Griffon 2500 was brought to the workshop in Gosport and fully refurbished. It has a new skirt using modern materials, saving weight and improving strength. The hull has been restored and epoxy coated. New weight saving windows were fitted in a flush design along the sides and the roof. The cockpit was redesigned for more room and modern electronics and wiring fitted. The control systems to the engine were stripped and simplified to new engines. The fittings are of the highest quality making a craft that is better than new.
Hovercraft cockpit on Tiger 12	Tiger 12 cockpit The Tiger hovercraft was completely rewired and modern electronics fitted. This allowed the hovercraft to be flown through thick fog and at night time with a full load of passengers safely over land and sea to the workplace in total reliablility.
Operational hovercraft	Griffon 2500 on the beach The hovercraft can operate from many locations where there is no infrastructure for conventional vessels. The skirt design can be altered to meet the terrain on land and also for the sea conditions. This craft has been modified to allow significant weight distribution improvements allowing it to get over the hump quickly and flying level. This allows smaller more econ0mical engines to be used for the same performance.