21st April 1962 Cardiff Queen
Cardiff Queen packs in a variety of trip options on Easter Saturday.
Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle
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.
Launch of Bristol Queen.
The Admiralty announced that Lorna Doone made direct hits with her guns on two of the three German Dornier Bombers which had been attacking her.
National strike of coal miners causes coal shortage for steamers.
Boiler and engine of Princess Elizabeth found in lockup just outside Basingstoke.
Cosens appoints Cdr Johnston as their new Bournemouth manager.
Duchess of Cornwall’s operational career comes to an end.
Cosens held their Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 29th March 1955 in the company’s board room in the office at Weymouth.
Easter 1948 at Bournemouth.
Princess Elizabeth being refitted at Southampton by her new owners Torbay Steamers Ltd.
Pride of Devon in the scrapyard at Grays in Essex.
Caledonia damaged at Rothesay.
Eppleton Hall arrives in San Francisco.
The Clyde’s new car ferry Arran carries her 2,000th passenger and causes a change of roster for the paddle steamers.