Southern Queen

The 'Southern Queen' is 46 feet in length, weighs 27 tons, is constructed of wood in the clinker fashion, and is probably the largest vessel of this type of construction still in service in the United Kingdom, if not the world.

She was built by the Prangnell family, in 1950, in a barn at Westham village, not too far from Pevensey Castle, and was taken nearly two miles by road to her launching in Norman's Bay, some four miles east of Eastbourne. She is licensed to carry 72 passengers.

At spring tides, Eastbourne beach can encounter tidal ranges of up to eight metres. At low tide during these times, passengers are able to enjoy the additional experience of transferring from the boarding jetty to the vessels aboard our World War II vintage amphibious DUKW at no extra charge.