Registration number
2603
Status
Registered
a12admin
Previous names
- 1982 - 1999 Ferry Queen
Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Ferry
Location
Glasgow
Current use
Museum based
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
Yes
Construction
Builder
McLean, Hugh & Sons Ltd, Govan
Built in
1951
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
57.00 feet
(17.37m)
Breadth: Beam
13.00 feet
(3.96m)
Depth
4.00 feet
(1.22m)
Air Draft
12.00 feet
(3.66m)
Tonnage: Gross
35.00
History
No. 8 Ferry was bult in 1951 by Hugh McLean & Sons. She is the sole survivior of 23 built of a similar design, bult between1865 and 1951. She was emploed on six principal corssings on the upper reaches of the River Clyde. The ferries played an important transportationrole duing the shipyard and industry period but on their decline in the 1970's the ferries gradullay became redundant and finally ceased in October 1980.
Key dates
- 1951 Launched
- 1981 Superstructure cropped to reduce airdraft when transferred to Forth & Clyde Canal
- 1982 Re-named Ferry Queen
- 1999 Transferred to Clyde Maritime Trust
- 2001 Engine rebult
- 2002 Canal transit and returned to the Clyde
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