Tower Belle

Tower Belle is a passenger boat based in Bristol Harbour in England, built in 1920 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Armstrong Whitworth and originally known as Wincomblee. She was operated by Armstrong Whitworth as an executive launch or a company ferry for shipyard workers, passed to Newcastle City Council in 1939, and in 1946 moved to London for passenger services on the Thames. A single screw diesel engine replaced her original steam powered twin screw arrangement. Abandoned at Eel Pie Island in 1976, she was brought by lorry to Bristol and relaunched there in late 1976 by Bristol Packet Boat Trips, which runs her through the city docks and along the River Avon. She is 67.97 feet long and licensed for 95 passengers.