Registration number 338
Status Archived
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Details

Function Passenger Vessel
Subfunction Excursion
Location Unknown
Vessel type Excursion
Archive reason More information required
Current use Unknown
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

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

Length: Overall
49.97 feet (15.24m)
Tonnage: Gross
34.00

History

Built in 1947, VIKING SAGA is a passenger vessel with the capacity for 96 passengers. She is based at Maldon in Essex and cruises on the River Blackwater.

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Key dates

  • 1947

    Built as a pleasure cruiser for up to 96 passengers

  • 1960s

    Operated from Maldon in Essex with trips from Clacton around pirate radio ships

  • 1980s

    Cruising around Caldey and St Margarets Islands, Lydstep Haven, Amroth and St Govans Head 

  • 2003

    Some renovation and repainting carried out

  • 2004

    Based at Maldon in Essex and cruising on River Blackwater

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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