Registration number 267
Status Registered
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Perseus - port bow looking aft
Perseus under way

Previous names

  • 1960 - 1970 Waterbuck

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Barge
Location Camden Lock
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Harland & Wolff Ltd, Woolwich
Built in 1935
Hull material Steel
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
6.10 feet (1.86m)
Depth
3.00 feet (0.92m)
Length: Overall
72.00 feet (21.96m)
Tonnage: Gross
20.00

History

Built in 1935, PERSEUS is a passenger launch with a capacity for 68 passengers. She operates a service on the Regent's Canal from Little Venice to the London Zoo and Camden Lock with occasional trips to Limehouse, the River Lea and Brentford. She was built as a cargo carrying vessel and was part of the British Transport Waterways fleet. They converted her for pleasure use between 1958/60 and, at that time, she was named WATER BUCK. A steel top was added in 1977 and she was then re-named PERSEUS.

Sources

Geoffrey Hamer, Trip Out 1995/6 - A Guide to the Passenger Boat Services of the British Isles, G P Hamer, 1995

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