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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 theRiver Thames |
| General characteristics | |
| 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) |
PSTattershall Castle is a floatingpub and restaurant moored on theRiver Thames atVictoria Embankment. It was a passenger ferry across theHumber estuary from 1934 to 1973, before being towed toLondon in 1976.
William Gray & Company ofWest Hartlepool built the ship as a passenger ferry on theHumber for theLondon and North Eastern Railway (LNER). She was launched on 24 September 1934.[1] She plied theHumber Ferry route betweenCorporation Pier inKingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, andNew Holland Pier inNew Holland, Lincolnshire.[2]
In theSecond World War she was a tether forbarrage balloons and ferried troops and supplies along the Humber estuary. Due to the frequent heavy fogs on this river, she was fitted withradar, becoming one of the first civilian ships so equipped.[3] After the war, with the nationalisation of the railways in 1948, she became part ofBritish Rail'sSealink service.
In 1973, after long service as a passenger and goods ferry, she was retired and laid up. Repairs on the ship were deemed too costly and she was retired from service. The opening of theHumber Bridge made the ferry service redundant.[4]
In 1976Tattershall Castle was towed toLondon.[5] and was opened on theRiver Thames as a floating art gallery until her eventual disposal to theChef & Brewer group. Before opening in 1982 as a restaurant,[6] she was sent to theRiver Medway for further repairs.[7]Tattershall Castle returned temporarily to Hull for a refit at MMS Ship Repair in 2015, at a cost of several million pounds.[8][9]
A sister ship also launched in 1934, theWingfield Castle, is preserved atHartlepool's Maritime Experience.
A third similar Humber ferry, theLincoln Castle, built in 1940, was scrapped in autumn 2010.
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