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

Kingswear Castle could carry up to 500 passengers in her heyday on the River Dart!\

Kingswear Castle cost £10,333 to build in 1924! She was sold to the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society for £650 in 1965.

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.

Kingswear Castle was one of a handful of pleasure steamers given permission to undertake cruises in 1941 on the River Dart when she operated from Totnes.

Kingswear Castle is now the UK's last coal-fired paddle steamer.

Kingswear Castle spent almost as long on the River Medway as she did on the River Dart.

Kingswear Castle has been used as a film set for productions such as 'Around the World in 80 Days' and 'Great Expectations'.