3rd October 1997 Waverley
Waverley sails from Tilbury to Chatham.
Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle
Waverley sails from Tilbury to Chatham.
What was Glen Gower doing during the summer of 1954?
Recalling the first seven days of the 2001 season on the Thames.
Waverley sails to Clacton and Tilbury and visits the Thames Forts.
On Saturday 29th September 1973 the PSPS chartered Waverley for a “Five Lochs Cruise”. It was to be Waverley’s final month in service with Caledonian MacBrayne.
Waverley’s first call at Harwich’s Halfpenny Pier.
PS Mountaineer, the first ship ordered by David Hutcheson & Company, grounded on 27th September 1889.
Waverley’s final sailings on the Solent before departing for the Thames.
What was Monarch doing during a week in August 1960?
Princess Elizabeth’s last trip of the season from Torquay to Lyme Regis on 15th September 1960.
Clydebuilt ships reunited. Steamship Shieldhall and Waverley meet in the Solent.
The first ever PSPS Charter.
What sort of day trips were offered by the paddle steamers running from Bournemouth in the summer of 1953?
The second weekend on the Solent saw Waverley’s anti-clockwise circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight and a cruise to Weymouth.
The first three days of Waverley’s south coast sailings from Weymouth and Southampton.
How are the Swiss paddle steamers manned and what is the route to becoming a captain?
Waverley’s 2001 Clyde sailing season comes to an end.
The middle weekend of August visit several ports, including Ardrishaig for the first time in 20 years.
Waverley carried a full capacity of over nine hundred passengers to Dunoon for the annual Cowal Games.
Excursions from the east coast piers of the Isle of Wight to Bournemouth.
On Thursday 19th August 1926 Columba was scheduled to leave Glasgow on the “Royal Route” for Rothesay, Colintraive, Tighnabruaich, Tarbet and Ardrishaig.
Michael Girvan of Skyrise Aerial Media has kindly provided a video and photographic record of Waverley’s arrival in to Ardrishaig after an absence of 20 years.
What was Consul up to during a week in August 1960?
Cardiff Queen scheduled to run from Hastings, Eastbourne and Brighton to Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
Although not propelled by paddle wheels I tend to think of La Duchesse de Normandie as an honorary paddle steamer.
Snowden scheduled for a day trip from Llandudno to Caernarvon on Monday 11th August 1930.
Waverley will make a rare visit to Ardrishaig on Sunday 15th August.
Monarch rostered for the day on the Swanage service followed by an evening run to Totland Bay, Isle of Wight.
Waverley aground at Ardrossan.
Super long day trip to Milford Haven.