Registration number 82
Status Registered
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Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Launch
Location Wargrave
Vessel type Saloon Launch
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Burgoine, Edward, A Jacobs, Windsor
Built in 1901
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Steam
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Steam compound
Boiler type Drum Water Tube
Boilermaker Philip & Son, Dartmouth
Boiler year 1920

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
11.51 feet (3.51m)
Length: Overall
59.48 feet (18.14m)
Tonnage: Gross
23.00

History

Built in 1901 by Edward Burgoine of Windsor for A Jacobs, WINDSOR BELLE is a steam powered tripper boat. Her hull is wooden, of carvel construction and the steam compound engine was built by Plenty & Son. This was converted to motor drive in 1950, but restored in 1986 to steam power. As a passenger launch, she has been operated at various places on the River Thames, most recently at Wargrave running charter trips

Key dates

  • 1901

    Built as a steam powered trip boat by Edward Burgoine at A. Jacob's Yard, Windsor

  • 1950

    Steam plant removed and converted to motor powered

  • 1986

    Fully restored to original configuration and steam plant fittted

  • 1989

    Operating as passenger launch out of Hurley on River Thames

  • 1996

    Whereabouts unknown but thought to be inactive

Sources

Brouwer, Norman J, International Register of Historic Ships, Anthony Nelson, Edition 2, 1993
Steamboat Register: An illustrated Register of surviving steam vessels in the British Isles, Steam Boat Association of Great Britain, Edition 6, May 1994 
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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