Day Trips from Bournemouth 1953
What sort of day trips were offered by the paddle steamers running from Bournemouth in the summer of 1953?
Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle
What sort of day trips were offered by the paddle steamers running from Bournemouth in the summer of 1953?
A week on the Cardiff Queen operating on the Sussex Coast.
Choice of afternoon cruises from Bournemouth Pier on three different paddle steamers.
Bristol Queen arrives back in Southampton at 1.10am after spending the previous day on charter for the Spithead Naval Review.
Emperor of India first trips of the season.
Second day of the season for the newly built Maid of the Loch.
Maid of the Loch runs inaugural cruise for invited guests.
Maid of the Loch runs trials.
Maid of Ashton in the fitting out basin at Yarrow’s Clyde shipyard.
Victoria one week after arriving in the Southampton scrapyard.
On Thursday 22nd January 1953 Victoria left Weymouth for the last time for the scrapyard at Southampton.
Embassy started to sink in Weymouth Harbour on Christmas Day.
Last trips of the season for Embassy.
Two different paddle steamers in Lulworth Cove and visits to a warship.
On Tuesday 18th August 1953 you could have had the opportunity to take any of 15 departures from Bournemouth Pier on any one of four different paddle steamers.
Monarch pictured in drydock at Southampton 5th May 1953.