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Registration number
264
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Excursion
Location
Westminster
Vessel type
Excursion
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
Yes
Web address
www.kingcruises.com
Construction
Builder
Salter Brothers Ltd, Oxford
Built in
1915
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
16.98 feet
(5.18m)
Depth
2.59 feet
(0.79m)
Length: Overall
100.92 feet
(30.78m)
Tonnage: Gross
71.00
History
Built in 1915 by Salter Bros, Oxford, KINGWOOD is a passenger vessel with a capacity for 150 passengers. She has a riveted steel hull and her current engine is a Scania Thornycroft DN11. She operated on the Thames prior to World War 2 under the ownership of Alf Mears. During the war she saw service at Dunkirk. She was sold to Thames Launches of Eel Pie Island in 1945 and converted from steam to diesel in 1948. Following the disposal of the Thames Launches fleet in 1974/75 she was purchased by G Wheeler Launches of Westminster. Her current owner took over her operation in 1986 and she runs a service between Westminster and Kew/Hampton Court.
Sources
Brann, Christian, The Little Ships of Dunkirk: 1940-1990, Collectors Books Ltd, 1989
Hamer, Geoffrey, Trip Out 1995/6 - A Guide to the Passenger Boat Services of the British Isles, G P Hamer, 1995
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