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Registration number
372
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Excursion
Location
Keswick
Vessel type
Excursion
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
Yes
Info required
Yes
Web address
http://www.keswick-launch.co.uk/
Construction
Built in
1925
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
60.00 feet
(18.30m)
History
Built in 1925, LADY DERWENTWATER is a passenger vessel with a capacity for 90 passengers. Based at Keswick, she operates cruises on Derwentwater.
We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information, past or present, please contact us.
Key dates
-
1974
she was used as Captain Flint’s houseboat in the 1974 film ‘Swallows and Amazons’.
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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