Forth Linesman is the first Tri-Meercat

When construction was underway on the first of his multi-role workboats, boatbuilder Peter Smith called time for the workers to have a coffee break. The sight of welders popping up from each of the seven sections which comprise one of the vessels hulls reminded him of a small underground burrowing mammal which inhabits Africas Kalahari Desert. Its name, meerkat, was adapted to reflect the vessels catamaran configuration and Southampton UK based Meercat Workboats had a name.