Registration number 299
Status Archived
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Details

Function Passenger Vessel
Subfunction Excursion
Location River Dart
Vessel type Excursion
Archive reason More information required
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions Yes

Construction

Builder Philip & Sons, Dartmouth
Built in 1948
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
86.95 feet (26.52m)
Tonnage: Gross
81.00

History

Built in 1948, DARTMOUTH CASTLE is a passenger vessel with the capacity for 309 passengers. She has been fully restored to her original specification, with her hull shot-blasted and epoxy coated and runs birdwatching trips during the winter on the River Exe, operating a ferry service in the summer months on the River Exe, Dart and around Torbay

Key dates

  • 1948

    Built by Philip & Son at Noss on the River Dart as a Passenger Vessel for River Dart Steamship Co.

  • 1948-1978

    Used as a Passenger vessel by the River Dart Steamboat Co.

  • 1978-1985

    Sold to the Millbrook Steamboat Co.

  • 1985

    Sold to Dart Pleasure Craft

  • 2005

    Sold to Mike Palmer of Dart Pleasure Craft wanted to convert the vessel to the original specification of a passenger vessel capable of carrying 297 in the river and 250 passengers at sea

  • 2015

    Vessel is thought to be on the River Dart out of service

Sources

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

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