Registration number 248
Status Registered
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Details

Function Passenger Vessel
Subfunction Excursion
Location Greenwich
Vessel type Excursion
Current use Unknown
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Rowhedge Iron Works Co Ltd, Rowhedge
Built in 1948
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
64.95 feet (19.81m)
Tonnage: Gross
56.00

History

LONDON BELLE was built in 1948 by Rowhedge Iron Works for Alfred Crouch, as a passenger vessel with capacity for 120 passengers. She has operated on the River Thames throughout her working life.

Ownership passed to George Wheeler Launches between 1980 and 1987, and then to Campion Launches between 1987 and 2003. She has been owned by London Party Boats since 2003.

LONDON BELLE was taken out of service in 2025, following changes to the MCA's passenger vessel requirements, which she no longer meets. The owner is researching the required works to bring her back into compliance as a passenger vessel.

Key dates

  • 2012

    Vessel selected for  Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant on 3 June 2012

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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