The Swan has three decks and at full capacity can hold 533 passengers.
This ship was built in 1938 by Vickers of Barrow. The sections of boat were transported by rail to Lakeside and assembled. The M.V. Swan is 142ft long weighing 251 tonnes.
On board, it is manned by a crew of seven and can reach a speed of 10 knots with its 2x 6 cylinder Cummins diesel engines and 2 x auxiliary generators.
Rainbow over Windermere this picture was taken from the walk on the other side to Wray Bay, Windermere, the largest lake in Cumbria’s Lake District National Park in Northwest England. It’s surrounded by mountain peaks and villages, including Bowness-on-Windermere