Registration number 252
Status Registered
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Queen Elizabeth - port side

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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