4th May 1953 Maid of the Loch
Maid of the Loch runs trials.
Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle
Maid of the Loch runs trials.
Duchess of Devonshire being prepared for new season on Bristol Channel.
Sandown in the fitting out basin at Denny’s yard at Dumbarton.
Paddle steamer parade at Dresden.
LNER considering ordering a replacement for Kenilworth.
London & Home Counties Branch visit Medway Queen at Strood.
Naval architects pondering how to improve Majestic’s speed.
On 27th April 1964 Consul leaves Weymouth for slipping at Poole.
P & A Campbells’s Waverley rostered for a day trip from Brighton to Eastbourne, Hastings and on to Folkestone for two hours ashore.
On 25th April 1963 Bristol Queen was towed out of Weymouth Backwater through the Town Bridge.
On Sunday 24th April 1960 Princess Elizabeth was raising steam in preparation for running trials in Southampton Water.
Waverley’s first trip of the season.
Queen sold for further service at Ardrossan.
Cardiff Queen packs in a variety of trip options on Easter Saturday.
Princess Elizabeth sails from Dartmouth to Plymouth for her annual dry-docking 20th April 1961.
Embassy on the Admiralty slipway at Portland.
Bournemouth Queen at Bournemouth for a few Easter sailings.
The Southern Railway’s paddle steamer Merstone rescues passengers from Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth which was aground on the Brambles Bank.
On Easter Sunday 16th April 2006 Kingswear Castle was running half hour trips from the Historic Dockyard Chatham on the hour every hour.
Princess Elizabeth at Bournemouth for five days of Easter sailings.
All of Westward Ho’s Bristol Channel services cancelled due to the weather.
First P & A Campbell sailing after the Second World War.
Glen Gower arrives in the scrapyard at Boom near Antwerp in the River Scheldt.
Loire Princesse on the second day of her maiden voyage along the River Loire.
Monarch in the process of demolition in the scrapyard at Cork.
Ryde on the grid at Newhaven for underwater survey.
Launch of the Gracie Fields.
Consul opens the season at Bournemouth on Good Friday.
Jupiter leaves the Clyde under tow for the scrapyard in Dublin.
Glen Usk opens the season running on the Cardiff/Penarth/Barry/Weston ferry service.