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Registration number
1546
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Location
River Thames
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Unknown
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Philip & Sons, Dartmouth
Built in
1927
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
25.97 feet
(7.92m)
Depth
13.25 feet
(4.04m)
Length: Overall
131.54 feet
(40.12m)
Tonnage: Gross
132.00
History
ST KATHERINE is a passenger vessel made of steel and aluminium, built by Phillip & Son Ltd. in 1927 at Dartmouth. She was registered at London and owned by the Port of London Authority.
At the outset of the Second World War in 1939 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and served as a Guardship on the Thames.
The vessel was returned to the PLA in 1946, underwent a luxury refit and was visited by Royalty. By 1971 she was decommissioned by the PLA and became a floating restaurant.
In 2008, after a change in ownership she underwent a further restoration, highlighting her history.
2023: Under new ownership (owner unknown) and undergoing refurbishment. Her wheelhouse has been removed and a new metal superstructure has been built on the deck. She will still be a floating restaurant.
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