Registration number 289
Status Registered
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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

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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