MV Cruiser

Cruiser is a passenger vessel owned by Jetstream Tours Ltd operating in the Thames Estuary including sailings from Southend Pier and various north Kent ports.

She initially kept the name Hythe Hotspur but was later sold to Blue Funnel Cruises in 1997 and renamed Poole Scene.

In 2007 Clyde Marine introduced Seabus on this route, but in 2012 SPT accepted the tender from Clydelink for the service.

[4] In 2023 Cruiser was sold to Jetstream Tours Ltd and relocated to the Thames and Medway.

Cruiser was fitted with an additional deck aft of the bridge to facilitate loading and unloading at different stages of the Thames tides.