Landing craft in use as River cruise. LCT? LCG? LCS?

[Alex van de Wetering]

Thanks everyone for the enthusiastic replies, confirmation and additional info.

I saw "Sir Winston" again two weeks ago; as Hanno pointed it out, the ship does regular bike tours in the area and a colleague of mine also recognized the ship and informed me that it's regularly moored in Amsterdam, near the ferry to the Central Station.

Next question: which one of the 56 LCG(M)'s completed was it?

Maybe, if you were allowed to inspect the inside of the ship, one could find the original registration somewhere(?)

Found this whilst researching 17 pdr manufacture.

Terrific picture, Adrian!

Danny, good to see you on the forum again!

Alex

[Alex van de Wetering]

Some more info on the post-war history of "Sir Winston":

Mutatiedatum 1945
Naam LMNG ?
Eigenaar Royal Navy in Glasgow

Mutatiedatum 1962
Naam VICTORIA REGIA
Eigenaar W.F. Feenstra & K. Feenstra in Rotterdam

Mutatiedatum 1968
Naam VICTORIA REGIA
Eigenaar W.F. Feenstra in Rotterdam

Mutatiedatum 1981
Naam VICTORIA REGIA
Eigenaar O. Slokkers Scheepvaartbedrijf BV in Zwijndrecht

Mutatiedatum 1982
Naam VICTORIA REGIA
Eigenaar Victoria Regia Vof in Zwijndrecht

Mutatiedatum 1985
Naam VICTORIA REGIA
Eigenaar A.G. Brant in Alphen a/d Rijn

Mutatiedatum 1993
Naam VICTORIA REGIA
Eigenaar J.C. v/d Engel in 's-Gravendeel

Mutatiedatum 1994
Naam VICTORIA REGIA
Eigenaar Bonaventura BV in 's-Gravendeel

Mutatiedatum 2008
Naam SIR WINSTON
Eigenaar Goldberg Ventures BV in Lunteren

The ship was converted to river cruise, and presumably also stretched later on, by "Wijtro BV" in Rotterdam-IJsselmonde.

source: https://www.binnenvaart.eu/rijksvaar...5873-lmng.html

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The last photo album now makes me want to take a bike and hike tour on the Sir Winston! Let's hope the food is worth the seasickness.