Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Excursion
Location
Windermere
Vessel type
Saloon Launch
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
Yes
Web address
www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk
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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