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  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    25 ton load of Polish steam coal newly delivered for Kingswear Castle to start the season in April 2000. Each year Kingswear Castle burns about 70 tons of coal.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    One of Kingswear Castle's two liferaft pods newly returned to the ship after servicing. Each pod contains 2 x 65 man liferafts (total 260) and can be launched from the ship's bridge using a vacuum release mechanism.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    Martin Staniforth and Chris Smith fitting new paddle shaft bearings.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    The weight of the wheel is supported by a steel bar before the bearings are inserted.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    Chris Smith wearing a hat with a badge from the paddle steamer wonderland Switzerland!
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    The circulating pump for pumping water around the condenser has received a refit this winter including machining the piston rods and fitting new piston rings.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    The aft well deck with new deck planks and bilge pumping arrangement.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    Chris Smith laying new planks for the foredeck over the forrard saloon.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    Twisting the oakum.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    The marine glue is heated up until molten and then poured over the oakum between the planks.
  • The new foredeck.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    Kingswear Castle being towed from Thunderbolt Pier, Chatham, to the Acorn Shipyard, Strood at around 1pm on Monday 6th March.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    Up the slipway.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    New anti-fouling paint.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    The rudder.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    The rudder painted.
  • Refit Work 1999-2000
    Comparison with the rudder of the Luzern paddle steamer Schiller in the shipyard at Luzern December 1999.

Links

  • Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company
  • Paddle Steamer Preservation Society
  • Waverley Excursions
  • PS Maid of the Loch
  • PS Medway Queen
  • National Historic Ships UK
  • Books by John Megoran
  • More links…

Contact Us

For all enquiries about sailings and bookings visit the Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company website www.dartmouthrailriver.co.uk or call 01803 555 872.

For anything which is not an enquiry or booking you can contact us here.

Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle Trust Ltd. is run entirely by volunteers and is a company limited by guarantee no. 755216 and a charity no. 299931.

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It is now more than thirty-five years since we returned Kingswear Castle to service on the Rivers Medway and Thames.

A year-long major rebuild commenced in winter 2021 that will see her return to service again in 2023.

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