Stourport Steamer (1911) for sale in Gloucester, United Kingdom

£165,500 GBP
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The "Ribchic Piranha," a 1911 Stourport Steamer located in Gloucester, UK, offers a unique business opportunity as a restaurant or clubhouse. The vessel, originally named "Carbolate" and used for transporting coal tar, has been meticulously converted over the years from a passenger trip barge to a floating pub and now serves as a boutique café-bistro. With an overall length of 22.86 meters and a beam of 4.80 meters, it features newly fitted kitchens, an authentic Italian coffee maker, dining furniture, and mood lighting. Powered by two Volvo TMD40A engines, this historic ship is registered in the National Historic Ships register, number 345.

General information
Make/model
Stourport Steamer
Category
Used power boat for sale
Price
Tax / VAT status
Paid / Included
Name of boat
Ribchic Piranha
Year
1911
Length overall
22.86 metres
Beam
4.80 metres
Hull
steel
Location
Gloucester, United Kingdom

About this Stourport Steamer

English

Marketing Description

This classic vessel is set up as a complete business opportunity to continue as a restaurant or clubhouse where customers or club members will be able to enjoy functions on the top deck or dining hall of the boat with food cooked in the newly fitted kitchens below.


Mechanical
Engines2 x Volvo TMD40AGearboxes VPMs3

Equipment
Kitchen Inventory now included in he price - Retail price Approx £11,500Infernus hotplate LPG cooker Rotoquip LPG Griddle Infernus LPG Fryer 3X Kaiser LPG / electric Ovens 1 X Adexa Drinks chiller Stainless worktop refrigerator Stainless Pie cabinet warmer 1x chilled display refrigerator 2x Baine Maries 1 X Expobar authentic Italian Coffee maker2X box freezers 4001x Upright freezer 1x upright fridge 1 Full 18kg propane gas bottle & 1 part full 4 empty 18kg calor gas bottles Disposable Cups/Plates 2 Kg of Steel cutlery 35 x white dining chairs 4 x blue armchairs Large Dining tables x 4 Iron leg round tables x 3 Iron leg square table x 2


Accommodation
WHEELHOUSE Steering wheelGALLEYincudes office /Cash desk with cash point and serving windowFitted Kitchen with Ovens , hobs, extractors deep freezes , fridges etc as per equipment inventory listBELOW DECKLarge Dining hall with tables and chairsMood lighting HEADSToilet with basin STORE ROOMSLARGE FORE, MID and AFT DecksWeather canopy with galvanised frame
Construction
Built 1911Design: Stourport SteamerMaterial: Rivetted Iron/steelRegistered ON 127090 ( Lapsed)Canal & River Trust Number: 41772Ton: 65T Originally understood to have been built commercially in 1911, as a Stourport Steamer, by the same company who built the Titanic, to carry coal tar products, for the William Butler company. At that time, she was called Carbolate. She has an entry in the national Historic ships register, number 345. She has since been converted initially to a passenger carrying trip barge, and then to a stationary "The Showman “pub, and is now restored and updated into a cafe Bistro called Ribchic Piranha
Disclaimer
For a full, detailed specification with additional photographs and direct contact details for the listing office visit our website The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice. Unless otherwise stated on the specification sheet the following presumptions are madeSail drive and shaft seals are more than 5 years of ageFuel and gas hoses and regulators are over 5 years oldStanding rigging and sails are more than 10 years oldNOTE - Please ring our offices prior to visiting, as the boat may be unavailable for viewing or located at a different marina.
customContactInformation
This classic ship, called the Ribchic Piranha, was built in 1911 at the same shipbuilding yard as the Titanic, and was previously known as 'The Showman Pub’. This vessel was built in 1911 as an oil tanker and named "Carbolate". It was converted to a pleasure boat which could carry 199 passengers . It was based at Stourport operating public and charter cruises on the River Severn as far as Worcester.When these cruises ceased, it was used as a floating free house pub called The Showman until about 2014. In 2012 the Showman was used as a static pub and grill in Stourport, and was recently remodelled and refitted and turned into a boutique cafe come bistro. The opportunity exists to continue this vessel as a restaurant or clubhouse where customers will be able to enjoy functions on the top deck or dining hall of the boat with food cooked in the newly fitted kitchens below.

Disclaimer

For a full, detailed specification with additional photographs and direct contact details for the listing office visit our website

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Unless otherwise stated on the specification sheet the following presumptions are made
- Sail drive and shaft seals are more than 5 years of age
- Fuel and gas hoses and regulators are over 5 years old
- Standing rigging and sails are more than 10 years old

NOTE - Please ring our offices prior to visiting, as the boat may be unavailable for viewing or located at a different marina.

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Propulsion
Engine
2 x Volvo
Fuel
Diesel

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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Portishead Marina (Bristol), Newfoundland Way
Portishead
BS20 7DF
United Kingdom
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