Registration number 251
Status Registered
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Details

Function Passenger Vessel
Subfunction Excursion
Location Richmond Upon Thames
Vessel type Excursion
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions Yes

Construction

Builder Salter Brothers Ltd, Oxford
Built in 1911
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
105.93 feet (32.31m)
Tonnage: Gross
77.00

History

Built in 1911, CONNAUGHT is a passenger vessel with the capacity for 250 passengers. She operates on the Thames, mainly on the service between Westminster and Kew and Hampton Court. She also runs charter cruises. Her owners have been: J Mears (1911/46) Thames Launches (1947/56) H G Kingston (1960/62) Thames Motor Boats (1963/79) and Metcalf & Aldric. She is currently owned by Colliers Launches.

Key dates

  • 1911

    Vessel was built by Salter Bros of Oxford for Joseph Mears of Richmond

  • 2012

    Vessel selected for  Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on 3 June 2012

Sources

Hamer, Geoffrey, Trip Out 1995/6 - A Guide to the Passenger Boat Services of the British Isles

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