2014
TQ6474 : The paddle-steamer 'Waverley' arriving at Gravesend Town Pier
taken 10 years ago, near to Gravesend, Kent, England
The paddle-steamer 'Waverley' arriving at Gravesend Town Pier
According to a brass plaque onboard, Waverley was built (on the Clyde) in 1947, to replace a vessel of the same name lost in the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940. She is steam-powered (though oil-fired) and is said to be the only sea-going paddle-steamer currently operational anywhere in the world.
She spends most of the year in Scottish waters, running excursions around the Clyde and out to some of the nearer islands. Later in the year she heads south, offering cruises in the Bristol Channel and then from ports along the South Coast. For some years now she has run a Thames season in September and October.
Waverley is owned by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society, and is included in the National Historic Fleet: Link
She spends most of the year in Scottish waters, running excursions around the Clyde and out to some of the nearer islands. Later in the year she heads south, offering cruises in the Bristol Channel and then from ports along the South Coast. For some years now she has run a Thames season in September and October.
Waverley is owned by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society, and is included in the National Historic Fleet: Link
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- Grid Square
- TQ6474, 461 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Stefan Czapski (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 12 October, 2014 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 17 October, 2014
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 6471 7453 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:26.7485N 0:22.1273E - Camera Location
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OSGB36: TQ 6477 7451
- View Direction
- West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
