Registration number 370
Status Registered
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Previous names

  • 1922 - 1939 Raglan II
  • 1939 - 1946 HMS "Aerial"
  • 1946 - 1992 Raglan II

Details

Function Passenger Vessel
Subfunction Launch
Location Coniston
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions Yes

Construction

Builder Chester Boat Company, Chester
Built in 1922
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Solar electric
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
9.25 feet (2.82m)
Depth
3.00 feet (0.92m)
Length: Overall
40.00 feet (12.20m)

History

Built in 1922 by the Chester Boat Company, RUSKIN is a passenger vessel with the capacity for 50 passengers. Previously named RAGLAN, she was built of mahogany on oak frames and is of carvel construction. Her engine is a Solomon Technologies ST74 electric motor of 12 hp which is powered from a 144dc battery bank. This was installed in February 2005. Between 1922 and 1939 she operated as a trip boat on the River Dee at Chester. On the outbreak of World War II she was seconded as a minesweeper and then as an air sea rescue boat. Released from war service in 1946 she returned to her previous work at Chester until 1992 when she was bought by her present owner and taken to the Lake District where she operates public and charter cruises on Coniston Water.

Sources

Hamer, Geoffrey, Trip Out 1995/6 - A Guide to the Passenger Boat Services of the British Isles, G P Hamer, 1995
Classic Boat: Quiet Revolution, June 2005

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