Old photograph of the paddle steamer Gondolier by Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness, Scotland. The Gondolier was a well fitted iron paddler who was much loved by tourists. She had alleyways round her aft saloon, but had full width saloons forward and a well deck for her bow passengers. When Gondolier was withdrawn at the end of the 1939 season she was taken over by the Admiralty and after her engines, boiler, sponsons, paddle boxes and saloons were removed, she was taken to Scapa Flow on the Orkney Islands, and sunk as a blockage to enemy shipping.
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