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Registration number
252
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Excursion
Location
Westminster
Vessel type
Excursion
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
Yes
Web address
www.collierslaunches.co.uk
Construction
Builder
Salter Brothers Ltd, Oxford
Built in
1924
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
109.93 feet
(33.53m)
Tonnage: Gross
93.00
History
Built in 1924, QUEEN ELIZABETH is a passenger vessel with the capacity for 185 passengers. She operates on the Thames from Westminster to Canary Wharf and the Thames Barrier and also operates charter cruises.. She has been operated by J Mears (1925/46) Thames Launches (1947/77) Westminster Party Boats (1978/87) Thames Party Boats (1987/96) and Colliers Launches (1996 - current).
Update, November 2023: Vessel for sale.
Key dates
-
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, G P Hamer, 1995
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