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Photographer:
DEREK SANDS [ View profile ]
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Aug 25, 2009
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Mar 1, 2011
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Seen on Ullswater, in the Lake District, North west England

1877 – Lady of the Lake was launched on the 26th June; she was designed by Mr Douglas Hebson of Penrith and built in Glasgow by Joseph Seath & Company. She was transported in three sections by rail to Penrith then horse drays to Waterside where she was constructed at Elder Beck. Lady is 29.8 metres long and weighs in at 42.7 tonnes.
# 1881 – Lady of the Lake sank at her moorings and was re-floated by a team of divers from Liverpool. She sank again in 1958 in a severe storm then in 1965 she was badly damaged by fire and was out of service for 14 years until Lord Wakefield had her restored and refitted ; she was re-launched on 19th May 1979 by William Whitelaw.
(Above taken from Ullswater steamers website)

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Hmm yes could qualify but these are basically tour boats think maybe the Windemere ones are perhaps suited to inland pass

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Derek

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Shouldn't this one be filed as an Inland Passenger Vessel?
It would certainly be a rare British entrant in that category!

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