Registration number 2107
Status Registered
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Details

Function Passenger Vessel
Subfunction Excursion
Location Windermere
Vessel type Saloon Launch
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions Yes

Construction

Builder Watercraft of Molesey, Molesey
Built in 1950
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Inboard diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
11.48 feet (3.50m)
Depth
4.92 feet (1.50m)
Length: Overall
49.84 feet (15.20m)

History

Built in 1950 by Watercraft of Molesley, Surrey, PRINCESS OF THE LAKE is an excursion passenger vessel of wooden construction with a Tempest diesel engine. She has sailed on Lake Windermere all her working life and is maintained in very good condition, being taken out the water for restoration work to be carried out each winter.

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