Other Miscellaneous Craft

Lady of the Lake on Ullswater late June 2004.

Windermere Lake Cruise Silversmith at Bowness in late June 2004.She was built in 1969

Lady of the Lake on Ullswater late June 2004.

Untitled image in Venetian Vessel Variety (22766)

Untitled image in Venetian Vessel Variety (22752)

ACTV Actv 28 IS OWNED BY Actv THAT PROVIDES TRANSPORT SERVICES ON BOTH LAND AND HAS FLEETS OF WATER AND LAND BUSES FOR SERVICES IN THE CENTRE, SUBURBS AND OUT OF THE CITY. THE WATERBORNE FLEET IS COMPOSED OF ABOUT MORE THAN 150 CRAFT AND MORE OF HUNDRED PONTOON BOARDING POINTS. THE TYPES OF CRAFT IN THE FLEET ARE LARGER WATER BUSES (58), SMALLER WATER BUSES (49), SINGLE-AGENT WATER BUSES, OFFSHORE MOTOR-BOATS (15), FOOT- PASSENGER FERRIES (13, FOR CARRYING LARGE NUMBERS OF PASSENGERS) AND CAR FERRIES (7, FOR VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION). ALL CRAFT ARE REGISTERED WITH RINA WHICH CERTIFIES THEIR STATE OF STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCY, THEIR SAFETY AND THE QUALITY OF MAINTENANCE

Hovertravels 1985 built British Hovercraft Corporation AP1-88 Freedom 90 leaving Southsea on 13th August 2016.

SUNA X Hovercraft being towed downstream past Mayflower Park,Southampton on 22nd April 2018.

Hovertravels 1985 built British Hovercraft Corporation AP1-88 Island Express arriving at Southsea on 13th August 2016.

Waverley passing under Tower Bridge on 7th October 2014.

Untitled image in Other Miscellaneous Craft (Gallery Two) (20286)

Untitled image in Other Miscellaneous Craft (Gallery Two) (21068)

Barges on the River Danube at Budapest,6th June 2014.

The Tall Ship Polly Woodside at berth in Melbourne.Polly Woodside was built at the north shipbuilding yard of Workman, Clark and Co, Queen's Island, Belfast during 1885, for William J. Woodside and Co. She was launched on 7 November 1885; the christening performed by the owner's wife, Mrs Marian ("Polly") Woodside, after whom the ship was named.[1] Polly Woodside operated as a cargo vessel carrying coal, nitrate, and wheat between British ports and the ports of South America, such as Montevideo, Valparaiso and Buenos Aires.\After several owners she ended her career as a coal hulkin Melbourne in 1946.An estimated 60,000 hours of painstaking voluntary labour saw the ship refurbished close to its original state.In 1978 she was opened under her original name to the public, and is now permanently moored at the old Duke and Orr's Dry Dock on the Yarra River near Melbourne.

Thames Leisure Tideway built in 1973 for the Tideway Passenger Boat company.In 1985 Tideway was the sole remaining vessel of the once mighty Thames Launches, passing to M.Britton in 1987. M.Britton ran hourly cruises from Westminster to the Tate gallery and London Bridge, jointly with D.G.Moore, who used the New Marie Louise. He later joined the Westminster Passenger Services Association and ran winter trips to Tower Pier and Greenwich. The company was later marketed as Thames Leisure, now running charters only.