Bristol Packet's Redshank Named a UK Flagship of the Year

A handsome honour for No.20 member Bristol Packet Boat Trips. Redshank — the 1936 narrowboat that became the first UK passenger boat to go electric — has been named one of National Historic Ships UK's Flagships of the Year for 2026.

As the BBC reports, the accolade arrived on her ninetieth anniversary, and to mark the occasion Bristol Packet offered £1 City Dock Tours. Heritage and innovation, carried gracefully on the same hull — exactly the spirit the house rather admires.