French Brothers - ex-Salter Brothers - Nuneham



This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the River Thames steam excursion vessel Nuneham.

The steam launch Nuneham was built for Salter Brothers of Oxford by Edwin Clarke and Company of Brimscombe in 1898. For nearly seventy years, Nuneham plied the Thames for Salter Brothers between Oxford and Kingston, being converted to diesel propulsion in 1948. Operating on the Thames tideway, she ran trips between Westminster and Hampton Court from 1971 for Jackson Brothers and Harbourside Investments until she was brought back upriver by French Brothers in 1983. She has been fitted with a refurbished Sissons triple expansion steam engine from the Oxford (2), which is of the same design as her original, and a brand new scotch boiler. Nuneham has been entirely reconstructed by expert craftsmen to an exquisite standard, and now operates private charters for the Thames Steam Packet Boat Company (part of French Brothers). Contact www.frenchbrothers.co.uk to hire this vessel.

The charter was arranged by Vintage Tours


Sections on this Page:-
Nuneham - Salter Brothers: 1898-1971
Nuneham - Jackson Brothers: 1971-1976 (no photos available yet)
Nuneham - Harbourside Investments: 1976-1981 (no photos available yet)
Nuneham - French Brothers: 1982-
Nuneham Cruise - Photos from a Windsor-Maidenhead cruise (new page)

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Salter Brothers art postcard of Nuneham.
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Photo Precision (Colourmaster) postcard PT10219 of Nuneham at Henley-on-Thames in Salter Brothers service.
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Nuneham
(French Brothers: 1982- )


Photograph of the Nuneham arriving at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham arriving at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham arriving at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham arriving at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham arriving at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham arriving at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham arriving at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham arriving at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham arriving at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham arriving at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham arriving at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham at Windsor on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham leaving Windsor for her base at Runnymede on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham leaving Windsor for her base at Runnymede on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham leaving Windsor for her base at Runnymede on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham leaving Windsor for her base at Runnymede on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham leaving Windsor for her base at Runnymede on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham leaving Windsor for her base at Runnymede on 22nd May 2004.
The vessel in the background is Salter's Oxford (2), the source of Nuneham's "new" engine.
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Nuneham leaving Windsor for her base at Runnymede on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham leaving Windsor for her base at Runnymede on 22nd May 2004.
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Nuneham leaving Windsor for her base at Runnymede on 22nd May 2004.
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On board Nuneham.
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Nuneham's triple expansion engine, originally in Salter Brothers' Oxford (2).
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Nuneham's triple expansion engine, originally in Salter Brothers' Oxford (2).
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Nuneham at her base at Runnymede on 24th April 2005.
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