Tag: 1965

Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle

9th August 1965 Waverley

Waverley aground at Ardrossan.

27th June 1965 Princess Elizabeth

PSPS Charter of Princess Elizabeth from Weymouth to Torquay.

22nd February 1965 Caledonia

Caledonia on the slipway at Lamont’s Shipyard Port Glasgow.

4th February 1965 Consul

Consul’s last voyage in steam from Weymouth to Dartmouth.

14th November 1965 Jeanie Deans

Jeanie Deans ties up on buoys at Chatham off Thunderbolt Pier.

12th November 1965 Jeanie Deans

Having already topped up her bunkers at Holyhead and Falmouth on the way, Jeanie Deans makes a call at Southampton to top them up once again.

10th November 1965 Jeanie Deans

Jeanie Deans sets off from Holyhead for Falmouth.

9th November 1965 Jeanie Deans

Jeanie Deans puts into Holyhead for bunkers.

8th November 1965 Jeanie Deans

Jeanie Deans stormbound off the Isle of Man.

7th November 1965 Jeanie Deans

Jeanie Deans hove to off the Isle of Man.

6th November 1965 Jeanie Deans

Jeanie Deans takes on water at Stranraer.

5th November 1965 Jeanie Deans

Jeanie Deans leaves the Clyde.

4th November 1965 Jeanie Deans

Jeanie Deans takes on fuel and it does not go well.

3rd November 1965 Jeanie Deans

Jeanie Deans runs trials on the Clyde.

2nd November 1965 Jeanie Deans

Jeanie Deans shifts ship to the fitting out basin at Lamont’s Shipyard Port Glasgow.

1st November 1965 Jeanie Deans

We travel up from Weymouth to Port Glasgow to join Jeanie Deans.

26th October 1965 Jeanie Deans

Jeanie Deans on the slipway at Lamont’s Shipyard, Port Glasgow.

12th October 1965 Vecta

After her trial two weeks running on the Bristol Channel Vecta set off for the yard of Cosens at Weymouth for a major overhaul.

2nd October 1965 Paddle Tug Grinder

Members of the PSPS Wessex Branch take a trip around Portsmouth Harbour on the Paddle Tug Grinder.

30th September 1965 Sandown and Ryde

Sandown and Ryde laid up for the winter at Newhaven.

24th September 1965 Vecta

First day in service on the Bristol Channel and running the Cardiff/Weston ferry of Vecta.

21st August 1965 Princess Elizabeth

Princess Elizabeth on charter at Weymouth for scenes for the big screen movie Gordon of Khartoum starring Charlton Heston.

20th August 1965 Princess Elizabeth

Princess Elizabeth runs a trip from Weymouth to Yarmouth isle of Wight.

Winter 1965

From the Chairman | PS Jeanie Deans | Arrival of the Medway Queen | Cosens & Co. | Princess Elizabeth | Clyde notes | White Funnel news

Autumn 1965

Embassy’s first 1965 cruise | Princess Elizabeth charter trip to Torquay | Clyde and Loch Lomond | White Funnel notes

Summer 1965

From the Chairman | Wessex Branch | Portsmouth paddlers | Hull – New Holland ferry steamers | Notes on Clyde steamers | White Funnel notes

Spring 1965

Consul moves again | Portsmouth paddlers | River Dart Steamboat Co. | Clyde notes | Queensferry passage ferries | London & Home Counties Branch