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Registration number
348
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Unknown
Vessel type
Tanker
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Hill, Charles & Sons, Bristol
Built in
1935
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
87.93 feet
(26.82m)
Tonnage: Gross
91.00
Air Draft
5.00 feet
(1.52m)
Breadth: Beam
19.00 feet
(5.79m)
History
Built in 1935 by Charles Hill & Sons at the Albion shipyards in Bristol, SEVERN TRAVELLER was originally a tanker ferrying oil and other goods up and down the river Severn. In 1957 she was converted to a passenger vessel with the capacity for 180 passengers. Under new ownership she is undergoing conservation and will be converted to a houseboat. 
Key dates
-
1935
Vesseul built, originally to ferry oil and other goods up and down the river Severn
-
1957
Converted to a passanger vessel
Sources
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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