Registration number 2402
Status Registered
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port bow view
Old picture, starboard side view
WIGHT QUEEN in 1962

Previous names

  • Ferry Queen

Details

Function Passenger Vessel
Subfunction Ferry
Location Brentford
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Camper & Nicholsons Ltd, Gosport
Built in 1908
Hull material Steel
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Steam
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Steam

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
16.00 feet (4.88m)
Length: Overall
72.00 feet (21.96m)
Tonnage: Gross
55.00

History

WIGHT QUEEN was built as a passenger ferry by Camper & Nicholson, Gosport in 1908. She is of steel plate construction. Her first name was FERRY QUEEN and under this name she served in both World Wars. Her original engines were steam and she was converted to diesel on sale to the Solent Boating Company. By 1991 when acquired by her present owner the diesel engines had been removed. After a long history working as the Portsmouth to Gosport ferry from 1908 to 1956 she was sold to the Solent Boating Company and renamed WIGHT QUEEN. She now resides on the River Thames at Brentford as a houseboat.

This vessel is a survivor from the First World War. You can read more about her wartime history by visiting our First World War: Britain's Surviving Vessels website www.ww1britainssurvivingvessels.org.uk. 

Key dates

  • 1908

    Built as passenger ferry by Camper & Nicholsons Ltd, Gosport and named FERRY QUEEN 
  • 1914-45

    Served in both World Wars as Portsmouth to Gosport ferry 
  • 1956

    Sold to Solent Boating Company and renamed WIGHT QUEEN
  • 1991

    Acquired by present owner and diesel engines removed
  • 2011

    In use as a houseboat on the River Thames at Brentford

Own this vessel?

If you are the owner of this vessel and would like to provide more details or updated information, please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk