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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.
Believed under new ownership as of 2025.
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Key dates
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1948
Built by Philip & Son at Noss on the River Dart as a Passenger Vessel for River Dart Steamship Co.
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1948-1978
Used as a Passenger vessel by the River Dart Steamboat Co.
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1978-1985
Sold to the Millbrook Steamboat Co.
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1985
Sold to Dart Pleasure Craft
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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
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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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