3rd July 1952 Talisman
Talisman runs aground at Arrochar.
Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle
Talisman runs aground at Arrochar.
HMS Aristocrat ex Talisman on duty providing anti-aircraft cover on the Thames for convoys.
Hull survey of Talisman aground at Kilcreggan.
Talisman aground at Kilcreggan.
Talisman’s winter roster.
Thursday 17th November 1966 was Talisman’s last day in service.
PS Ryde | Two paddle tugs preserved | Captain Leonard Horsham | Scottish notes
The Society’s paddler | White Funnel notes | Scottish notes | The end of BL Nairn | A paddle tug at work | The Portsmouth paddler
PS Kingswear Castle to be purchased by Society | PS Queen of the South | Scottish notes | White Funnel notes | A salty tale | Weymouth | Six Rhine paddlers remain
From the Chairman | The annual meeting | Bristol Channel Branch | Scottish notes | Humber paddlers | The Portsmouth paddler | The Swiss steamer scene
Kingswear Castle | Facing facts | White Funnel notes | PS Embassy | PS Ryde | Scottish notes
From the Chairman | Medway Queen Club | Cosens & Co. | White Funnel notes | Scottish notes | BL Nairn
Scottish notes | White Funnel notes | PS Queen of the South | Portsmouth paddlers | Cosens & Co. | Subscriptions
What shall we do with the Kingswear Castle? | Queen of the South | Westward Ho | Portsmouth paddlers | Scottish notes | Humber ferries
From the Chairman | Wessex Branch | Portsmouth paddlers | Hull – New Holland ferry steamers | Notes on Clyde steamers | White Funnel notes
Consul moves again | Portsmouth paddlers | River Dart Steamboat Co. | Clyde notes | Queensferry passage ferries | London & Home Counties Branch
White Funnel news | Cosens & Co. | South coast & continental steamers | Scottish notes | London & Home Counties Branch | Wessex Branch
Farewell Medway Queen | Save the Medway Queen appeal | Clyde paddle steamers | Consul returns to the Thames | White Funnel news
London & Home Counties Branch formed | Portsmouth paddlers | Cosen’s depleted fleet | Clyde Easter sailings | Sussex Queen
Fifty summers ago, in 1964, there were still four paddle steamers operating on the Clyde, the Jeanie Deans, Waverley, Caledonia and Talisman.
Any of us who have viewed the Clydesite web forum will know Robin Copland – a long time Clyde steamer enthusiast who is well known on the site for his stories and musings entitled “Monday Morning Light Relief”. During Waverley’s sailing to Oban this year I was chatting to Robin over a dram when the…
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