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Registration number
3528
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Launch
Location
Stratford-upon-Avon
Vessel type
Saloon Launch
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
Yes
Web address
www.avon-boating.co.uk
Construction
Builder
Borwick & Co, Windermere
Built in
1910
Rig
None
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Electric
Dimensions
Length: Overall
45.00 feet
(15.00m)
Breadth: Beam
9.00 feet
(2.74m)
Depth
3.00 feet
(0.91m)
History
MAYFLOWER is a saloon launch and has worked continuously as a commercial vessel for 107 years. She is one of Borwicks fine passenger vessels, allegedly built in pairs, built to operate on Lake Windermere. She moved to Stratford-upon-Avon in 1990 where she is in service every day from April to October. A BMC Commodore diesel engine was removed and replaced with electric drive in 2000. The vessel remains substantially original to her as-built form and layout.
Key dates
-
1910
Mayflower was built
-
1990
Purchased by Avon Boating, (formerly GH Rose & Sons), and moved from the Lake District to Stratford-upon-Avon
-
2000
Converted to electric drive
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