Vecta Archives | Paddle Steamer Preservation Society

Sandown, Shanklin & Ventnor to Bournemouth

23 August 2021

Excursions from the east coast piers of the Isle of Wight to Bournemouth.

31st July 1939 Bournemouth

31 July 2021

A plethora of paddle steamers at Bournemouth.

17th February 1966 Vecta

17 February 2021

Vecta leaves Weymouth after a refit by Cosens bound for Cardiff.

12th October 1965 Vecta

12 October 2020

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

24th September 1965 Vecta

24 September 2020

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

Spring 1966

1 January 2020

What shall we do with the Kingswear Castle? | Queen of the South | Westward Ho | Portsmouth paddlers | Scottish notes | Humber ferries

Summer 1964

1 January 2020

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

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