Registration number 321
Status Archived
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Details

Function Passenger Vessel
Subfunction Excursion
Location St Mary's
Vessel type Excursion
Archive reason More information required
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions Yes
Info required Yes

Construction

Built in 1944
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
46.98 feet (14.33m)

History

Built 1944, BRITANNIA is a passenger vessel with a capacity for 77 passengers. She is based at St Marys in the Isles of Scilly and runs regular services to the other inhabited islands for visitors and local residents and also pleasure trips to the uninhabited islands in the group.

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Key dates

  • 1944

    Built for inter island service in the Scilly Isles

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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