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Name: ORLANDO
Type: Passenger Ferry
Launched: 09/07/1885
Completed: 08/1885
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 488
Dimensions: 71grt, 35nrt, 100.5 x 14.1 x 6.1ft
Engines: C2cyl, 30nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 91864
History:
01/09/1885 River Thames Steamboat Co Ltd, London
1888 Victoria Steamboat Association Ltd, London
1897 Thames Steamboat Co (1897) Ltd, London
No later history known
Comments: Built for the river service London to Hampton & Richmond
1908: Register closed