Registration number
289
Status
Registered
adminnhs
Previous names
- Maid of Wareham
- Maid Of Exmouth
- Devon Belle V
Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Excursion
Location
Plymouth
Vessel type
Excursion
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
Yes
Web address
www.plymouthhoecruises.co.uk
Construction
Builder
Johnson & Jago, Leigh on Sea, Essex
Built in
1947
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
16.39 feet
(5.00m)
Depth
4.92 feet
(1.50m)
Length: Overall
50.95 feet
(15.54m)
Tonnage: Gross
21.00
History
Devon Belle is operating under the Plymouth Boat trips Ltd. Banner. She is engaged in passenger carrying work which includes 1 hr harbour cruises, private charter work and is also sometimes used on the Plymouth to Cawsand in Cornwall ferry service.
Originally built as the WESTMINSTER BELLE and used as a passenger ferry working from Westminster pier on the Thames. Renamed MAID OF WAREHAM, MAID OF EXMOUTH and now DEVON BELLE.
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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