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Previous names
- 1949 - 1963 Mid Tyne Ferry No.3
- 1963 - 1987 Tyne Queen
Certificate no
391
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Excursion
Location
Inverness
Vessel type
Excursion
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
Yes
Info required
No
Web address
http://www.jacobite.co.uk
Construction
Builder
Hawthorn, Leslie & Co, Hebburn
Built in
1949
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
3
Number of masts
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
18.10
feet
(5.52
m)
Depth
7.00
feet
(2.14
m)
Length: Overall
75.00
feet
(22.88
m)
Tonnage: Gross
122.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
Built in 1949 by Hawthorn, Leslie at Hebburn-on-Tyne, JACOBITE QUEEN is a passenger vessel with a capacity for 159 passengers. She has a 150 bhp Gardner diesel 6L3B engine. Her career is recorded as follows: between 1949-1963, she operated as a passenger ferry across the River Tyne for the Mid Tyne Ferry Co., and re-named TYNE QUEEN in late 1953. Between 1963-1987, she continued operating the same ferry route but for the Swan Hunter Shipyard 3. From 1987 to date she has been operating as a day passenger vessel based at Inverness and cruising to Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal.
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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