Turk Launches has confirmed its participation in the Queen’s Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant on Sunday 3rd June. New Southern Belle, a Mississippi style paddle steamer, and Yarmouth Belle, a traditional English side wheeler built in 1892, have both been privately hired to take part in the pageant, which will see a thousand boats gather on the River Thames. Read more...
The New Southern Belle featured on BBC1's The One Show recently as part of an article on The Culture Club's hit single Karma Chameleon. For a clip of the feature click here.
Kingston business owners have inspired a book to help entrepreneurs harness the power of networking.
Turks Launches, based on the Thames in Kingston... (read more)
Turk Launches has been placed 4th by thebestof.co.uk's best-loved businesses in Richmond. The Kingston and Richmond Informer (Businesses that are public's cup of tea, Rupert Basham, 25th February 2011) reports that the website asked residents to vote for their favourite companies and votes were counted on the number of testimonials left by customers on the website.
Some of the scenes filmed for the Sherlock Holmes movie were filmed on two of Turk Launches vessels, Jeff and Verity. The Verity has since been sold by Turks in an auction in 2010 but the Jeff is still in operation, most used for the ferry service from Hampton Court train station to the Hampton Court Flower Show Entrance during the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show. Some of the filming was also done in Chatham Dockyard, Kent, where Turk Shipyard operates, pictures of which are below.
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Jude Law filming in Chatham Historic Dockyard
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More filming at Chatham Historic Dockyard
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The Jeff on set outside the Houses of Parliament
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The Jeff in filming for Sherlock Holmes
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In Kingston-on-Thames between 1911 and 1913, RJ Turk and Sons built a famous J Class Boat designed by Linton Hope. Click
here to view the full article
Turks are a London founded family company who have a long history which dates back over 3 centuries to 1710, when it was founded by Mr Richard Turk. But documentary evidence concerning Turk produced boats extend back very nearly a thousand years to the elevenhundreds.
Read more... Turks are historic providers of boat hire on the Thames.
Read more... The famous Thames yard is celebrating its tricentenary - but the Turk family's links with the River go back much further.
Read more... The New Southern Belle was recently used in filming at Broom House, Teddington for the BBC television series New Tricks, which stars Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, James Bolam and Alun Armstrong. The episode will air in 2011.
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James Bolam, Alun Armstrong and Dennis Waterman with New Southern Belle.
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Alun Armstrong, James Bolam and Dennis Waterman outside Broom House.
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The inside of New Southern Belle was decorated for a wedding scene.
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The outside of New Southern Belle was also decorated for filming.
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An online auction of more than 200 boats used in major films and stored in Kent is taking place. The boats, which have featured in films over the past 60 years, were sold by Thames boat builders, Turks, who stored the vessels in Chatham. Read more...
Work began on the lower deck of the New Southern Belle in February 2010 to fit new carpets and luxurious booths.
The work was completed at the end of February 2010 ready for the new season.
Turks barge in Richmond has recently been leased to new owners and transformed into a riverside restaurant. Have a look at
The Boat website to find out more!
