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History
Built in 1935 by Charles Hill & Sons at the Albion shipyard in Bristol, SEVERN TRAVELLER was originally a tanker ferrying oil and other goods up and down the river Severn. In 1939, she struck the Severn Railway Bridge, resulting in terrible damage. The wheelhouse was completely smashed, and the engine-room and cabin flooded. Two other tanker barges in tow were lost, Severn Pioneer and Severn Carrier, and three men were killed. In 1948, she was sold to John Harker Ltd.
In 1957 she was converted to a passenger vessel with the capacity for 180 passengers. Under current, private ownership since 2017, she is undergoing conservation at Stourport-on-Severn, and will be converted to a houseboat.
Key dates
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1935
Vesseul built, originally to ferry oil and other goods up and down the river Severn
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1957
Converted to a passanger vessel
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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