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Technical
details
Official
Number: 5048318.
Builders: J.I.Thorneycroft
& Co Ltd, Southampton. Launched 27th June 1949 and trials
ran between 28th October and 3rd November in the same year. Radar
was fitted on 1st July 1964.
Overall Dimensions:
Length 203ft 6in. Breadth 32ft. Depth (moulded) 11ft 1in.
Tonnages: 736
gross, 310 net.
Machinery: Originally
two 6 cylinder Newbury Sirron diesels made by the shipbuilders,
driving two screws giving a total bhp of 1,200. Bunker capacity
23 tons. Trial speed 16.25 knots: service speed 14.5 knots. All
auxiliary machinery electrically driven.
Operational Owners:
1949-79 Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal
Mail Steam Packet Company Limited. 1980-81 P. and A. Campbell
Ltd. 1986 to present Waverley Excursions Limited.
Passenger Certificate:
Class IV 800, Class III 691.
Registered Crew:
22.
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