Category:Earl Grosvenor (ship, 1923)

English: Media relating to the Earl Grosvenor (aka. The Earl) passenger trip boat, currently operating on the River Severn in Worcester. She was built in 1923 by A Watson of Chiswell, Portland, and until 1974, she was based at Falmouth as the Gondolier. She then went to York and was renamed Princess Royal. From 1980 onwards, she was based at Chester with her present name operating cruises on the River Dee before being based in Worcester in 2008 where she also runs river trips for her new owners. She has the capacity to carry 73 passengers, with a wooden hull and a Perkins diesel engine. - Geoffrey Hamer, Trip Out 1995/6 - A Guide to the Passenger Boat Services of the British Isles (1995) pub: G P Hamer.