A Week in the Life of Monarch 1960
What was Monarch doing during a week in August 1960?
Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle
What was Monarch doing during a week in August 1960?
Princess Elizabeth’s last trip of the season from Torquay to Lyme Regis on 15th September 1960.
The first ever PSPS Charter.
What was Consul up to during a week in August 1960?
Monarch rostered for the day on the Swanage service followed by an evening run to Totland Bay, Isle of Wight.
Thursday 28th July 1960 Princess Elizabeth runs a day trip from Torquay to Plymouth.
Special sailing on Monarch from Bournemouth to Portsmouth.
What were the eleven South Coast paddle steamers doing on Thursday 9th June 1960?
Sussex Queen scheduled second day of her 1960 season on the Sussex Coast.
First day of the 1960 season for Monarch.
Princess Elizabeth arrives at Torquay for the first time.
On Sunday 24th April 1960 Princess Elizabeth was raising steam in preparation for running trials in Southampton Water.
Glen Gower arrives in the scrapyard at Boom near Antwerp in the River Scheldt.
Princess Elizabeth being refitted at Southampton by her new owners Torbay Steamers Ltd.
How often did the Humber paddle steamer ferry service run between Hull and new Holland in the winter of 1959/60?
Dorset Evening Echo reports that Monarch has been put up for sale.
Paddle steamers and Weymouth Harbour floods.
Cosens’s Monarch made her last trips of the season on Thursday 8th September 1960.
On Wednesday 24th August 1960 Princess Elizabeth’s trips from Torquay were cancelled.
First trip of the season by Consul to Totland Bay, Isle of Wight.
Embassy’s first day of the 1960 season.
Royal occasion | Laid up on the River Dart | John Betjeman becomes patron | Clyde paddle steamers
Still a future for Portsmouth Paddlers | Clyde fleet busy | First PSPS outing
The first edition of Paddle Wheels | Skipper swop for Cosens | White Funnel news | Torbay steamers overcome opposition