Back blip - Swan

We went round Lake Windermere on one of the old steamers, lovely trip & here's some history on the steamers

Windermere is famous for its 'Great
White Birds' - the steamers are named
TERN, TEAL, SWAN and SWIFT. The term
'steamer' is a slight misnomer however
because all the ships are now diesel
powered although there is a move afoot
to reconvert one of them back to steam
power by the new managers _
The Windermere Iron Steamboat Company.

The TERN and SWIFT were built for
steam power in 1891 and 1900
respectively. The TEAL and SWAN in
1936 and 1938.
In 1985 the SWIFT is not in use but
laid up at Lakeside.
The livery of the ships is pure white
with a thin gold line around them with
a dark green bottom - hence the phrase
'The Great White Birds'.