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Historic Steamers
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Bristol Industrial Museum & Maritime Heritage Centre
Princes Wharf, Prince Street, City Docks, Bristol BS1 4RN
  • Mayflower, ST
    Steam tug; 1861

Caernarfon Maritime Museum
Victoria Dock, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales 

  • Seiont II
    Steam dredger; 1937; This vessel has been scrapped, some parts preserved at CMM.

Chatham Historic Dockyard (World Naval Base),
Dock Road, Chatham Kent ME4 4TE

  • HMS Gannet
    Naval sloop, sail & steam; 1878; Under restoration.

Classic Boat Museum
The Quay, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 2EF

  • Louise, SL
    Double-expansion steam launch

East Kent Maritime Museum
Clock House, Pier Yard, Royal Harbour, Ramsgate, Kent CT11 8LS

  • Cervia, ST
    Steam tug; 1946

ISCA Maritime Museum
Caldecott Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 3PH

  • Bertha
    Brunel's drag-boat; 1844; (World's oldest steam boat?)

King's Reach
Victoria Embankment, London, SW1A 2HR

  • Tattershall Castle, PS
    Humber ferry paddle steamer; 1934; NMV.

Kingswear Castle
The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TQ

  • Kingswear Castle, PS
    Side-paddle pleasure steamer; 1924; NMV.

Lydia Eva & Mincarlo Charitable Trust
c/o 75 Normanston Drive, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 2PU

  • Lydia Eva
    East coast steam herring drifter; 1930

The Maritime Trust
2 Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich, London SE10 9BG

  • Robin (ex Maria)
    Steel-hulled steam coaster 366 grt; 1890; Not normally open to the public.

Maryport Steamships Museum
Elizabeth Dock, South Quay, Maryport, Cumbria CA15 8AB

  • Flying Buzzard, ST
    Clyde Shipping Co. oil-fired steam tug; c1951
  • VIC96
    Ex-RN victualling steam lighter; 1954

Medway Queen Preservation Trust
72 Bells Lane, Hoo St Werburgh Rochester, Kent ME3 9HU

  • Medway Queen, PS
    Thames Estuary excursion paddle steamer; 1924; NMV. Under renovation at Damhead Creek, R. Medway, Tel: 01622 670542

Merseyside Maritime Museum
Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside L3 4AQ

  • Birdie, SL
    Steam launch; 1899; (In storage?)

Museum of the Broads
The Staithe, Stalham, Norfolk, NR12 9BZ

  • Falcon, SL
    Steam launch; 1895; Kingdon steam engine.

National Fishing Heritage Centre
Alexandra Dock, Grimsby, North-East Lincolnshire DN31 1UZ

  • Lincoln Castle, PS
    Paddle steamer

National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF 

  • Donola, SY
    Steam yacht; 1893; (In storage?)
  • Reliant, ST
    Steam paddle tug; 1907; Was at NMM, possibly dismantled.
  • Waterlily, SL
    Steam launch; 1866; (In storage?)

National Motor Boat Museum
Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea, near Basildon, Essex SS16 4UH

  • Cygnet
    Thornycroft steamer; 1873

Newcastle Discovery
Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear NE1 4JA

  • Turbinia
    C A Parsons' experimental steam turbine launch; 1894

Portwey Steam Tug
North Quay, West India Dock Rd, London E14

  • Portwey, ST
    Steam tug; 1927

Private Ownership

  • John H Amos, ST
    Side-paddle steam tug; 1931; NMV. River Medway nr Chatham, awaiting restoration.
  • Kerne, No. 241 (ex Terrier), ST
    "Dog" class steam tug; 1913; Merseyside area. Accessible during "events", info: 0151 606 9655
  • Sabrina
    54 ft riveted-wrought-iron canal steamboat; 1870; NMV. Info: 01487 840082
  • Shieldhall, SS
    Steamship; 1955; NMV. Southampton. Available for local cruises, charter: 02380 225853

Runnymede Boathouse
Old Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 2SG

  • Nuneham, SS
    Steam launch; c1890s?; NMV.

Scottish Maritime Museum
Harbourside, Irvine, North Ayrshire, KA12 8QE, Scotland 

  • Carola, SY
    Scottish-built steam yacht; 1898; Available for charter.
  • Kyles
    Steam, conv to diesel, coaster; 1872
  • The Rifle
    Remains of a small iron steamer; c1861

Swansea Maritime and Industrial Museum
Museum Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1 1SN

  • Canning, ST
    Oil-burning steam-powered tug; 1954

Trossachs Pier
Loch Katrine.

  • Sir Walter Scott, SS
    Triple-expansion, screw steamer; 1899; NMV. Bookings & Info: 01877 376316

Warrior Preservation Trust
Victory Gate, H.M. Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3QX 

  • HMS Warrior
    Iron-hulled armoured steam frigate; 1860

Waverley Excursions Ltd
Anderston Quay, Glasgow, G3 8HA

  • Waverley, PS
    Side-paddle steamer; 1947; NMV.

Welsh Industrial & Maritime Museum
(Now closed)

  • Sea Alarm, ST
    Steam tug; 1941; Vessel now scrapped, engine saved. Was at the WIMM.

Windermere Steamboat Museum
Rayrigg Road, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1BN

  • Bat, SL
    Steam launch; 1891
  • Branksome, SL
    Windermere lake steam launch; 1896
  • Dolly, SL
    Windermere lake steam launch; c1850; (World's oldest steam boat?)
  • Esperance, SL
    TS steam launch; 1869
  • Kittiwake, SL
    Steam launch; 1898
  • Lady Elizabeth, SL
    Steam launch; 1895
  • Osprey, SL
    Teak hulled steam launch; 1902
  • Otto, SL
    Steel hulled steam launch, triple expansion engine; 1896
  • Raven
    Steam cargo vessel; 1871
  • Swallow
    Teak hulled steam launch; 1911
  • Water Viper, SL
    Steam launch; 1907
*NMV = Not a museum vessel

This list of steam vessels has been abstracted from a comprehensive list of historic vessels compiled by Dr Martin H. Evans & Dr Janet West of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER, England.

© Martin H. Evans & Janet West, 2000.

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Created: December 2000.  Updated: 09 January 2001.