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Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle - Interesting Facts

Kingswear Castle's engines date from 1904 and were first installed on the previous Kingswear Castle.

Kingswear Castle could carry up to 400 passengers in her heyday on the River Dart!

Kingswear Castle was the last paddle steamer built for service on the River Dart in Devon.

Kingswear Castle was operating on the River Dart on the day that the young Princess Elizabeth met met her future husband Lieutenant Phillip Mountbatten at Dartmouth Royal Naval College in 1937.

Kingswear Castle has carried many famous passengers including HRH Prince Edward and Margaret Thatcher MP.

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