Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Excursion
Location
Windermere
Vessel type
Windermere Slipper Saloon Launch
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
Yes
Web address
www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk
Construction
Builder
Borwick & Co, Windermere
Built in
1935
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
10.00 feet
(3.05m)
Depth
3.30 feet
(1.01m)
Length: Overall
44.98 feet
(13.72m)
History
Built in 1935 by Barwick & Sons, Windermere, MURIEL II is a Lake District passenger vessel with a capacity for 61 passengers. She has a wooden hull and a Leyland BMC diesel engine and operates services all year round on Lake Windermere
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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