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Gravesend
Wednesday 22nd January 2008
Shipping at Gravesend on Wednesday 22nd January 2008. The latest restoration of Gravesend Town Pier was finally completed in November 2007 with the opening of the restaurant section of Riva. There is a small public viewing area adjacent to the new restaurant at the end of the pier. The delay in completion (the bar area near the pier entrance had been open for some time) was problems with installing the modern floors and large glass windows into a structure based around the world's oldest surviving cast iron pier.
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Gravesend Town Pier
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Adsteam Anglia
- Svitzer tug
Duchess M
- Lower Thames & Medway ferry
Geest Trader
- freighter
Lady Cecilia
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Svitzer tug
Marc Mitchell
- freighter
Princess Pocahontas
- Lower Thames & Medway excursion vessel
Retainer
- Cory tug
Sea Charante
- freighter
Victorine
- Cobelfret ferry
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Gravesend
- 6th March 2008
- Princess Pocahontas on Tilbury-Gravesend ferry
Gravesend
- 22nd January 2008
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Gravesend
- 21st March 2007
- Princess Pocahontas and Cobelfret/Ferryways ferries
Gravesend
- 31st January 2007
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River Thames - Greenwich-Tower Pier
- 22nd January 2007
Tilbury-Gravesend
- 4th January 2007
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Gravesend
Wednesday 22nd January 2008
Gravesend Town Pier
The latest restoration of Gravesend Town Pier was finally completed in November 2007 with the opening of the restaurant section of Riva. There is a small public viewing area adjacent to the new restaurant at the end of the pier. The delay in completion (the bar area near the pier entrance had been open for some time) was problems with installing the modern floors and large glass windows into a structure based around the world's oldest surviving cast iron pier.
Restored Gravesend Town Pier
Showing public viewing area
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Restored Gravesend Town Pier
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Restored Gravesend Town Pier
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Restored Gravesend Town Pier
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Restored Gravesend Town Pier
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Princess Pocahontas
Lower Thames & Medway
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Princess Pocahontas
runs excursions and charters from Gravesend.
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 has a monument at the nearby St George's Church.
Email contact:
enquiry@princess-pocahontas.com
Website:
www.princess-pocahontas.com
Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend -
www.princess-pocahontas.com
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend -
www.princess-pocahontas.com
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Princess Pocahontas
at Gravesend -
www.princess-pocahontas.com
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Princess Pocahontas
and
Duchess M
at Gravesend -
www.princess-pocahontas.com
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Duchess M
Lower Thames & Medway
Duchess M
at Gravesend
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Princess Pocahontas
and
Duchess M
at Gravesend
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Duchess M
leaving Gravesend
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Duchess M
leaving Gravesend
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Duchess M
leaving Gravesend
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Duchess M
at Tilbury (spring tide)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Duchess M
approaching Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Duchess M
approaching Tilbury
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Duchess M
at Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Duchess M
leaving Tilbury
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Duchess M
leaving Tilbury
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Duchess M
leaving Tilbury
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Duchess M
leaving Tilbury
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Cobelfret Ferries
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Victorine
Victorine
passing Gravesend Royal Terrace Pier (PLA)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Victorine
passing Gravesend
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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Victorine
passing Gravesend
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd Januay 2008
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