Saloon Launch built 1911 by Shepherd, Neil, Bowness.
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Registered
Leisure Craft
Launch
Saloon Launch
Windermere
Museum: operating
Museum: operating
No
No
30/01/1996
20/09/2011
Gallery
Propulsion
Engine Steam
Steam triple expansion
1911
Locomotive
H A McEwen (Boiler Repairs) Ltd, Cowling
1990
Dimensions
To be confirmed
8.00 feet (2.44 metres)
46.46 feet (14.17 metres)
2.98 feet (0.91 metres)
To be confirmed
History
Built 1911 by Neil Shepherd, Bowness on Windermere for W Warburton, a launch of teak, carvel construction with a triple expansion engine built by W Sisson & Co.Ltd., Gloucester. Subsequently owned by J Parker, Kendal and L D Goldsmith, she was acquired by the Windermere Steamboat Museum in 1984 and remains there on display.
Subsequent developments
2007/2008 A Sustainability Grant of £600 for engine repairs was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships. Source: National Historic Ships. 2007/2008 A Sustainability Grant of £120 for new signs/interpretative boards was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships. Source: National Historic Ships. April - June 2010 A Sustainability Grant of £500 for dry docking was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships. Source: National Historic Ships.
Bibliography
1988 Windermere Steamboat Museum and Motorboat Collection
1993 International Register of Historic Ships - Brouwer, Norman J
1994 Steamboat Register: An illustrated Register of surviving steam vessels in the British Isles
If you are the owner of the vessel and would like to provide more details or updated information please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk
