Wingfield Castle Visit 24th September
Friends of the Maritime Heritage Trust are visiting Hartlepool Maritime Museum and HMS Trincomalee 23rd on Sunday and the maritime archive and Wingfield Castle on Monday 24th September.
Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle
Friends of the Maritime Heritage Trust are visiting Hartlepool Maritime Museum and HMS Trincomalee 23rd on Sunday and the maritime archive and Wingfield Castle on Monday 24th September.
Kingswear Castle made her last trip of the 2018 season between Dartmouth and Totnes on 18th September.
Thank you to the Wessex Branch for supporting Waverley during her visit.
Waverley shopkeeper Brian Elliott and his granddaughter with PSPS Wessex Branch Chairman Chris Warren waiting to board for the cruise to Yarmouth and on around Portsmouth Harbour.
At the age of 90 Stadt Luzern is heading for a major rebuild at the end of the 2018 season.
Paddle Steamer Neuchâtel – the steamer that waited 45 years and cost £8 million to be returned to passenger service in 2014.
Graham Shankland, Finance Director and accountant to Waverley Steam Navigation and Waverley Excursions Ltd, has once again prepared a summary financial statement for the last financial year.
A pictorial review by Martin Longhurst of one of Kingswear Castle’s relatively rare return trips between Dartmouth and Totnes.
A review of a recent visit to Dresden by Captain John Megoran.
The Summer issue of Paddle Wheels is now available to non-members.
The 16th June 2018 marks 71 years since Waverley’s maiden voyage.
PS Monarch was recently chartered to the Wessex & Dart Branch for a trip from Wareham.
Kingswear Castle enjoys a sunny sail down the Dart last weekend.
Kingswear Castle has successfully completed her final running trials and had the Passenger Certificates renewed.
Waverley’s 2018 Season begins on Friday 25th May. Here is a preview video of what’s to come.
PSPS pledges £50,000 to Maid of the Loch to help return the Paddle Steamer to service on Loch Lomond.
The Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company has just published its Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle timetable for 2018.
2018 marks 40 years since Waverley’s first visit to the South Coast and Thames in 1978.
The new look Paddle Wheels magazine has now been published. Complimentary copies are now available.
It has been announced that MV Balmoral will not be operating in 2018.
The Draft Minutes of the 30th Annual General Meeting have been published on this web site.
PSPS National Secretary John Anderson stood down on 25 November 2017 after nearly 40 years in the role.
Paul Semple has been appointed as PSPS National Chairman.
The PSPS AGM is on Saturday 18th November in Cardiff. Following the AGM John Megoran will give a presentation marking 50 years since Kingswear Castle was purchased by the Society.
National Newsletter published to all members.
Waverley heads south after receiving repairs to her bow.
Iain Dewar, Chairman of the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society, is the subject of a Clyde River Steamer Club ‘On the Spot’ feature.
Once again Graham Shankland, Finance Director and accountant to Waverley Steam Navigation and Waverley Excursions Ltd, has prepared a summary financial statement for the last financial year.
To mark the 70th Anniversary of Waverley’s maiden voyage the Scottish Branch has produced a limited-edition 16 page photo souvenir booklet available from the Souvenir Shop on board Waverley.
After completion of the major work on her engine during this refit, Kingswear Castle ran trials on the Dart under the command of John Megoran on Wednesday 28 June.