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PS Tattershall Castle
Floating pub and restaurant on the Thames / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PS Tattershall Castle is a floating pub and restaurant moored on the River Thames at Victoria Embankment. It was a passenger ferry across the Humber estuary from 1934 to 1973, before being towed to London in 1976.
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Name | Tattershall Castle |
Namesake | Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire |
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Ordered | 1934 |
Builder | William Gray & Co, West Hartlepool |
Yard number | 1059 |
Launched | 24 September 1934 |
Commissioned | 24 September 1934 |
Decommissioned | 1974 |
Out of service | 1974 |
Identification | IMO number: 5353804 |
Status | Restaurant and bar moored on the River Thames |
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Type | Paddle steamer |
Tonnage | 550 GRT, 321 NRT |
Length | 199.9 ft (60.9 m) |
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Depth | 7.7 ft (2.3 m) |
Installed power | 1200 ihp |
Propulsion | Triple expansion, diagonal stroke, reciprocating steam engine |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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