Registration number 320
Status Registered
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Details

Function Passenger Vessel
Location Falmouth
Vessel type Pleasure Cruiser
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire No
Available for excursions Yes

Construction

Builder Camper & Nicholsons Ltd, Gosport
Built in 1921
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
18.13 feet (5.53m)
Depth
5.02 feet (1.53m)
Length: Overall
64.95 feet (19.81m)
Tonnage: Gross
48.00

History

Built in 1921, PRINCESSA is a passenger vessel with a capacity for 125 passengers. She is based at Falmouth and operated by Falmouth Pleasure Crusies Ltd. Her area of operation is within the confines of the River Fal and Helford River where she runs a daily service from Falmouth.

Grants

  • April - June 2010

    A Sustainability Grant of ú1500 for remedial work was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships

  • October 2008

    A Sustainability Grant of ú1200 to over the costs of renovations and restoration was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships

Sources

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

Own this vessel?

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