Registration number
274
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Excursion
Location
Oxford
Vessel type
Excursion
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
Yes
Web address
www.saltersteamers.co.uk
Construction
Builder
Salter Brothers Ltd, Oxford
Built in
1912
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
14.50 feet
(4.42m)
Depth
4.65 feet
(1.42m)
Length: Overall
84.70 feet
(25.83m)
Tonnage: Gross
47.00
History
Built in 1912, GORING is a river passenger vessel with a capacity for 199 passengers. She operates on the Upper Thames, upstream as far as Oxford and downstream as far as Staines.
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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