Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company

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Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company
Princess Pocahontas at Gravesend Pier
Locale	River Thames, London, UK
Vessels	1
Piers served	Gravesend Pier, Tilbury Pier
Transit type	Leisure/tourist cruises
No. of lines	1
No. of terminals	2
Operator	Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company
Website	official website
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Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company is a river boat company which provides cruises on the River Thames in Gravesend and London, UK. Bateaux London cruises operate on the Thames under licence from London River Services, part of Transport for London.

[edit] Vessels

The company owns a 110-foot-long, double-decker leisure boat, MV "Princess Pocahontas" with seating for 134 passengers. It is named after the Native American Princess Pocahontas who is buried at Gravesend, and it is operated by Freemen of the River Thames. They also own the passenger boat Duchess M.

[edit] Services

Princess Pocahontas cruises begin at Gravesend and head west past Tilbury Docks, under the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford and through the Thames Barrier, calling at Greenwich Pier. Passengers may remain on board for an optional "stay-aboard" cruise along the Thames, which returns to Greenwich.