Name: Lady of the LakeCertificate number: 375 |
Status:Function:Sub Functional Area:Type:Excursion vessel Location:Ullswater, Cumbria, England Current use:Commercial trade
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Web address
http://www.ullswater-steamers.co.uk/index.htm
Builder
- 1877, T B Seath & Co, Rutherglen., Glasgow
History
LADY OF THE LAKE was built in sections in Glasgow and transported by rail to Penrith on the London Midland & Scottish Railway. Assembled and launched on 12 July 1877, she was in steam until 1935 when Crossley diesels were fitted. Her original certificate of registry describes her as having one mast, rounded stern, iron framework, clencher fastened. From 1910 she was a Royal Mail Steamer carrying mail from Howton to Patterdale. She sank at her moorings in November 1881 and was refloated by a team of Liverpool divers, and sank again at Pooley Bridge in 1958, this time refloated with help from the local fire brigade. Badly damaged by fire in 1965, she was completely rebuilt in the late 1970s and recommissioned in May 1979. She is now a commercial pleasure steamer on Ullswater.
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Subsequent developments
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Previous names
Bibliography
- Hamer, Geoffrey, 1995, Trip Out 1995/6 - A Guide to the Passenger Boat Services of the British Isles, pp. 79, G P Hamer