St George | National Historic Ships

Registration number 1413

Status Archived

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Previous names

1935 - 1951 Gondolier Princess

Details

Function Passenger Vessel

Subfunction Excursion

Location Unknown

Vessel type Excursion

Archive reason More information required

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions Yes

Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Bolson, J & Sons Ltd, Poole

Built in 1925

Hull material Wood

Number of decks 1

Number of masts 2

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

12.00 feet (3.66m)

Depth

3.61 feet (1.10m)

Length: Overall

44.98 feet (13.72m)

History

ST GEORGE, formerly the GONDOLIER PRINCESS, was built in 1935 by J. Bolson & Sons Ltd. of Poole. Her hull, which was ferro sheathed in 1983, is carvel built with oak frames at six inch spacing and pine planking. She is fastened with copper nails and roves and has a pointed bow, with a plumb straight stem and a cruiser stern. She is ketch rigged with gaff sails and the current engine is a Ford 4D, with four cylinders and sixty-two horsepower, made in 1969. The vessel was a Poole Harbour trip boat from 1935 to 1939 and was taken over by the Admiralty during the Second World War. After the war, she was re-named ST GEORGE and moved to the Thames, where she ran river trips from Tower Bridge until the late 1960s. Subsequently, she took the public for fishing trips in the lower Thames Estuary until she was bought by the current owner in 1977 and converted to a pleasure boat.