Registration number 360
Status Registered
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Earl Grosvenor - starboard side

Previous names

  • Gondolier
  • Princess Royal

Details

Function Passenger Vessel
Location Worcester
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions Yes
Web address www.worcesterrivercruises.co.uk

Construction

Builder Watson, A, Chiswell, Portland
Built in 1923
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
13.00 feet (3.97m)
Depth
2.80 feet (0.85m)
Length: Overall
40.00 feet (12.20m)
Tonnage: Gross
10.00

History

Built in 1923 by A Watson of Chiswell, Portland, EARL GROSVENOR is a passenger vessel with the capacity to carry 73 passengers. She has a wooden hull and a Perkins diesel engine. Until 1974, she was based at Falmouth as the GONDOLIER. She then went to York and was renamed PRINCESS ROYAL. From 1980 onwards, she was based at Chester with her present name operating cruises on the River Dee before being based in Worcester in 2008 where she also runs river trips for her new owners

Key dates

  • 1922

    Built by A Watson of Chiswell, Portland as a Passenger Launch to carry 12 passengers on the River Dee.  Docked every winter and surveyed by the local council
  • C1970

    She was in Falmouth and renamed ‘Gondolier’
  • 1974

    She was in York and renamed ‘Princess Royal’
  • 1980

    She returned to Chester and renamed ‘Earl of Grosvener’
  • C2005

    Sold to River Severn Cruises of Worcester (Renamed Worcester Cruises)
  • 2015

    Vessel is thought to be in good condition and cruising on the River Severn

Sources

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

Own this vessel?

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