Tag: Consul

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

13th September 1963 Consul

Paddle Steamer Consul arrived on the Thames on 14th September 1963 but things didn’t quite go to plan.

10th September 1960 PSPS Charter Consul

The first ever PSPS Charter.

A Week in the Life of Consul 1960

What was Consul up to during a week in August 1960?

5th August 1963 Consul

Consul scheduled to run trips from Brighton’s Palace Pier.

31st July 1939 Bournemouth

A plethora of paddle steamers at Bournemouth.

30th July 1962 Consul

Morning cruise on Consul to Lulworth Cove.

20th June 1962 Consul

Did Consul (ex Duke of Devonshire) get to Bournemouth?

9th June 1960 South Coast Snapshot

What were the eleven South Coast paddle steamers doing on Thursday 9th June 1960?

Sunday 21st May 1961 Consul

Consul’s first weekend in service from Weymouth in the 1961 season.

15th May 1964 Consul and Princess Elizabeth

Consul and Princess Elizabeth both undergoing final preparations for starting their seasons running from Weymouth this Whitsun weekend in competition.

12th May 1949 Consul

Consul was the last of Cosens’s paddle steamers to be returned to service after the Second World War.

27th April 1964 Consul

On 27th April 1964 Consul leaves Weymouth for slipping at Poole.

7th April 1950 Consul

Consul opens the season at Bournemouth on Good Friday.

16th March 1959 Consul

Consul up the slipway at Weymouth.

4th February 1965 Consul

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

29th January 1962 Consul

Consul on the slipway at Weymouth for survey by the Board of Trade.

1st January 1960 Consul

Paddle steamers and Weymouth Harbour floods.

1st October 1953 Embassy

Last trips of the season for Embassy.

25th September 1963 Consul

Consul due back in Weymouth from the Thames.

23rd September 1955 Consul

Last day of the 1955 season for the Consul.

4th September 1953 Consul, Embassy and Empress

Two different paddle steamers in Lulworth Cove and visits to a warship.

17th August 1937 Salings from Lulworth Cove

Five different trip options from Lulworth Cove today.

15th July 1960 Consul

First trip of the season by Consul to Totland Bay, Isle of Wight.

4th July 1961 Consul

Consul’s first sailing of the season from Weymouth to Swanage and Bournemouth.

Spring 1986

Waverley in Irish Waters | Wingfield Castle move | By paddler to Budapest | Donald Rose | Medway Queen

Winter 1968

Consul | Ryde’s great adventure | Kingswear Castle | Scottish notes

Spring 1965

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

Winter 1964

Blackheath Rally | Clyde notes | White Funnel news | Bristol Channel Branch | Weymouth notes

Autumn 1964

Round the Isle of Wight | Medway Queen | River Dart Steamboat Company | The road to the Isle, 1964 | Scottish notes | Weymouth notes | Portsmouth paddlers

Summer 1964

White Funnel news | Cosens & Co. | South coast & continental steamers | Scottish notes | London & Home Counties Branch | Wessex Branch