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Registration number
269
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Excursion
Location
Oxford
Vessel type
Excursion
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
Yes
Construction
Builder
Salter Brothers Ltd, Oxford
Built in
1889
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
11.48 feet
(3.50m)
Depth
3.77 feet
(1.15m)
Length: Overall
65.97 feet
(20.12m)
Tonnage: Gross
21.00
History
Built in 1889 by Edwin Clark & Co, Brimscombe, Gloucester for Salter Bros, Oxford and first named OXFORD, this is a passenger vessel with a capacity for 141 passengers. She was sold to J T Phelps of Putney in 1921 and renamed GAIETY. Subsequently she was sold to Bowers & Phelps in 1927/28 and was later based at Evesham and operated on the River Avon. She was bought by her present owner in 1988 and is currently out of service at Windsor.
Key dates
-
1889
Built by Edwin Clarke and Co of Brimscombe for the Salter Bros as a Passenger Vessel and named ‘Oxford 1
-
1921
Sold to J T Phelps and renamed ‘Gaiety’
-
1927
Sold to Bowers & Phelps and was used on the River Avon and based at Evesham
-
1978
Sold to the French Brothers who used her on the River Thames
-
2012
She took part in the Jubilee Flotilla
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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