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Registration number
2587
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Ferry
Location
Essex
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Camper & Nicholsons Ltd, Gosport
Built in
1939
Hull material
Iron
Rig
None
Number of decks
3
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
80.00 feet
(24.38m)
Breadth: Beam
18.80 feet
(5.73m)
Depth
6.45 feet
(1.97m)
History
FERRY PRINCE was built for the Gosport & Portsea Watermans Steam Launch Company in 1939. The vessel was passed immediately to the Royal Navy for use as an examination vessel. She returned to ferry service in 1941, but all her Naval requisitions had reduced her ferry capacity too much. In 1961 she was passed to the Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company and was retained as a reserve ferry until 1966, when she was sold to Thames Pleasure Craft who initially ran her as a steam ship. In 1967 she had a diesel engine installed.
In 2016, she was acquired by her current owners, who use her as a live in boat and have done extensive work to that effect, including repainting decks and hull twice and installing a new bathroom, two new gangplanks and all external doors. She now has 3 bedrooms with a fourth being worked on.
Key dates
- 1939 Vessel built by Camper & Nicholsons for the Gosport & Portsea Watermans Steam Launch Company
- 1941 Vessel passed back into ferry service
- 1961 Passed to Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company and retained as a reserve ferry
- 1966 Purchased by Thames Pleasure Craft and initially run as a steam ship
- 1967 An inboard diesel engine was installed
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