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Passenger ferry that was beached and broken up in Turnchapel, Plymouth
Type
Passenger ferry
History
The small steam passenger ferry Lily was built in 1877 and transported people from Saltash to North Corner. In 1880 she was purchased by the Oreston and Turnchapel Company and in 1886 the Lily was renamed Swift.
The end came for the Swift in a gale in January 1962 when she sank at her moorings, she was salvaged and beached then broken up at Turnchapel.
Description
Nothing of the passenger ferry Swift remains on the beach at Turnchapel
Location and Access
Turnchapel, Plymouth
Nearby hulks include Baltic Surveyor 
, the dredger Plym , barges Oreston 1 & 2 , and the barge Cattedown 1 .
Last updated 03 Jan 2021
Information
Date Built:
1877
Builder:
Unknown
Official Number:
Unknown
Length
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Depth in Hold
Unknown
Construction
Timber, carvel, transom stern
Propulsion
Steam then converted to diesel in 1954
Tonnage
Unknown
Portmarks
None
Outcome
Broken up 1962
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