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Lower Thames & Medway Passenger Boat Co
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Lower Thames & Medway Passenger Boat Co, who operate the
Princess Pocahontas
on excursions and charters, and the
Duchess M
on the Tilbury-Gravesend ferry.
Lower Thames & Medway - Page 2
shows images from a Gravesend-Greenwich-Chelsea cruise on
Princess Pocahontas
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Table of Ship Histories
Name
Other names
Built
Duchess M
Vesta
1956
Princess Pocahontas
Laboe, Freya II
1962
Princess Pocahontas
(Lower Thames & Medway: 1988- )
Princess Pocahontas
was built in Rendsburg as the Kieler Verkehrs-AG ferry
Laboe
in 1962. She operated in the Kiel Fjord. She was 33.51 metres long and 140 gross tons. 200 hp engines gave a speed of 11 knots. In 1984 Kieler Verkehrs-AG had a new
Laboe
built, and the 1962 vessel was sold to Viking Reederei Personenschiffahrt of Flensburg, and renamed
Freya II (1)
. She was sold in 1988, and replaced by a similar looking
Freya II (2)
(the chartered
Kollund
). She was bought by the Lower Thames & Medway Passenger Boat Company and used on public sailings and charters from Gravesend to Greenwich, London and as far out as Southend. She was renamed
Princess Pocahontas
, after the native American who died in Gravesend and who has a monument at the nearby St George's Church.
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Official postcard of
Princess Pocahontas
.
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Princess Pocahontas
off Canvey Island in the River Thames.
Red funnel colours and no open foredeck - Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1992 -
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Princess Pocahontas
off Canvey Island in the River Thames
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1992 -
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Princess Pocahontas
off Canvey Island in the River Thames
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1992 -
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Princess Pocahontas
passing through Tower Bridge
Red funnel colours but open foredeck created - Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1998 -
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Princess Pocahontas
at the West Street Pier in Gravesend.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 13th November 2005 -
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Princess Pocahontas
at the West Street Pier in Gravesend.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th March 2006 -
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Princess Pocahontas
at the West Street Pier in Gravesend.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th March 2006 -
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Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 5th May 2006 -
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Princess Pocahontas
leaving Gravesend for charter
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 5th May 2006
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Princess Pocahontas
leaving Gravesend for charter
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Princess Pocahontas
leaving Gravesend for charter
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Princess Pocahontas
leaving Gravesend for charter
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Princess Pocahontas
leaving Tilbury on her charter
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 5th May 2006 -
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Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 4th January 2007
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Princess Pocahontas
on a cruise to Southend
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th July 2007 -
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Princess Pocahontas
on a cruise to Southend
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th July 2007 -
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Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008 -
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Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend
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Princess Pocahontas
and
Duchess M
at Gravesend
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008 -
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Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend
Princess Pocahontas
was operating the Tilbury-Gravesend ferry whilst
Duchess M
was on overhaul.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th March 2008 -
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Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend
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Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend
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Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend
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Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend
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Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend
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Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend
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Princess Pocahontas
passing the QEII Pier (O2) at North Greenwich
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 4th June 2008 -
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Princess Pocahontas
passing the QEII Pier (O2) at North Greenwich
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passing the QEII Pier (O2) at North Greenwich
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Princess Pocahontas Brochure
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Duchess M
(Lower Thames & Medway: 2002- )
Duchess M
was built as the
Vesta
in 1956, one of the last three "traditional" Portsmouth-Gosport ferries (the others were the
Ferry Queen
(1959) and
Vita
(1960)). They were all diesel-powered, but otherwise the design had changed little in 80 years. All three remain in service on the Thames,
Vesta
as the
Duchess M
on the Tilbury-Gravesend ferry, and
Vita
&
Ferry Queen
with
City Cruises
. Their lives on the Portsmouth-Gosport ferry were fairly short, being replaced by the
Gosport Queen
and
Portsmouth Queen
in 1966. The three vessels were retained until the mid-1970s as reserve vessels and for use on seasonal harbour tours.