Registration number 341
Status Registered
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Details

Function Passenger Vessel
Subfunction Launch
Location Stratford-upon-Avon
Vessel type Saloon Launch
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions Yes

Construction

Builder Borwick & Co, Windermere
Built in 1927
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
8.52 feet (2.60m)
Depth
3.02 feet (0.92m)
Length: Overall
45.41 feet (13.85m)

History

Built in 1929, LOTUS is a passenger vessel with a capacity for 58 passengers. She is based at Stratford upon Avon and operates public and charter cruises on the River Avon

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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