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Norfolk Broads Cruiser - Admiral 5The owner of this former Norfolk Broads cruiser has a brochure from 1976 and a launch catalogue from David Burton who actually worked on the building of Admiral 5. Admiral was in the Broom hire fleet from 1955 to 1992 and was an 8 berth cruiser. Click the pictures below for an enlarged view
The pictures on this web page were taken in August 2004. As the owner says "They may jog a few memories , and we hope to get some feedback and more history. There must be hundreds if not thousands of photos of her taken by holiday makers over her 37 years as a hire cruiser" Click the pictures below for an enlarged view
The owner of Admiral 5 met up with Admiral 6 last year and found her to be "just magnificent and an absolute credit to Tim and his wife who have renovated her to better than new condition." Admiral 5 is still being worked on, as are other boats featured on this website. Site visitor Sarah Keen had this to say about the Admiral - My parents owned a Windboat which we kept on the Thames, on moorings at Thames Ditton, and I know my father would have loved the opportunity to own one of the Admirals. A Thames hirefleet (Maid Line) based at Thames Ditton had one in their fleet - but she was of the earlier type without the small aft cockpit and was called 'Maid Marguerita'. I had my own boat on the Broads in the mid 80s (I was very lucky as an Aunt had left me some money, I had only just left college, and I bought an Elysian 27 of my own with the legacy !) I would often see the Admirals, and Brooms always maintained them so well. I remember chatting to someone at their yard who told me that the 'later' Admirals were built in the late 50s- early 60s. Out of interest, I think one of the later Admirals went to the Fens (Admiral 7 ?)" | The history of Shaft of Light and Star Supreme 1, former Norfolk Broads hire cruisers |
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