Tower Belle
Passenger boat based in Bristol, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tower Belle is a passenger boat based in Bristol Harbour in England. The vessel is operated by the Bristol Packet Boat Trips company on pleasure and educational trips in the City Docks, on the River Avon to the Chequers Inn at Hanham Lock and Beese's Tea Gardens at Conham. Tower Belle was built in 1920 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Armstrong Whitworth, originally known as Wincomblee. In the 1950s and 1960s she worked in London, finally coming to Bristol in 1976.
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Tower Belle in the Cumberland Basin | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Tower Belle |
Owner | Bristol Packet Boat Trips |
Operator | Bristol Packet Boat Trips |
Builder | Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne |
Yard number | 882[1] |
Christened | Wincomblee |
Completed | 1920 |
Acquired | 1976 |
Renamed | 1960 |
Homeport | Bristol |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | River launch |
Tonnage | 32 GRT |
Length | 67.97 ft (20.72 m) |
Beam | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Height | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Draught | 2.83 ft (0.86 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel |
Speed | 10 knots |
Capacity | 95 passengers |
Crew | 3 |
Notes | Mercantile Navy List number 144933[2] |
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