17th October 1949 Glen Usk
Last day of the season for Glen Usk.
Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle
Last day of the season for Glen Usk.
Memorial service for Tony McGinnity doyen of paddle steamer preservation in the 1960s.
Sandown left Portsmouth, sailed down the Western Solent, across Poole Bay, rounded Anvil Point and St. Albans Head bound for Weymouth.
Lady Evelyn sails from Cardiff to lay up for the winter in Newport.
Caledonia rostered to run the Sunday ferry service from Gourock to Millport
After her trial two weeks running on the Bristol Channel Vecta set off for the yard of Cosens at Weymouth for a major overhaul.
On 11th October 1961 Lyme Regis Council met to discuss what to do about damage to their harbour allegedly caused by Princess Elizabeth that season.
Take a paddle steamer between Portsmouth and Ryde in October 1922.
Last day of the season for Bristol Queen
Eppleton Hall off the coast of Portugal on her way to Los Angeles.
Glen Gower reaches Bristol after a protracted passage from Brighton.
Last day of the season for Cardiff Queen.
P & A Campbell’s Waverley takes advantage of Early Closing Day.
On Saturday 4th October 1919 Duchess of Devonshire arrives back at Exmouth having spent the summer running on the Bristol Channel.
Members of the PSPS Wessex Branch take a trip around Portsmouth Harbour on the Paddle Tug Grinder.
Last trips of the season for Embassy.
Sandown and Ryde laid up for the winter at Newhaven.
On the morning tide on Tuesday 29th September Jeanie Deans crossed from Craigendoran to lay up in the Albert Harbour, Greenock.
Empress at the movies.
PS Embassy’s sails frim Poole to Weymouth to layup for the winter.
Last day in passenger service of P & A Campbell’s Britannia.
Consul due back in Weymouth from the Thames.
First day in service on the Bristol Channel and running the Cardiff/Weston ferry of Vecta.
Last day of the 1955 season for the Consul.
Last day of the 1958 season for Glen Usk.
Kingswear Castle’s first ever trip from Strood through the Swale to Whitstable.
Portsdown sunk by a recently laid German mine on an early morning passage between Portsmouth and Ryde.
What were the River Dart paddle steamers Compton Castle, Kingswear Castle and Totnes Castle doing on this day?
Last trip of the 1964 season for Princess Elizabeth from the Weymouth Pleasure Pier through the Town Bridge to her winter lay-up berth in the Backwater.
Bristol Queen de-stored and prepared for her winter lay-up having finished her season the previous day.