Cosens appoints Cdr Johnston as their new Bournemouth manager.
31st March 1957 Cdr Johnston DSC RN (Rtd)
Embassy A/S Bournemouth Pier, 1964.
30th March 1949 Duchess of Cornwall
Duchess of Cornwall.
Duchess of Cornwall’s operational career comes to an end.
29th March 1955 Cosens’s AGM
Cosens's Consul, Monarch and Embassy laid up for the winter at Weymouth Harbour around 1954.
Cosens held their Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 29th March 1955 in the company’s board room in the office at Weymouth.
28th March 1948 Embassy
Embassy pictured in 1947.
Easter 1948 at Bournemouth.
27th March 1960 Princess Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth A/S at Northam, 27th March 1960 with the Red Funnel tug Neptune.
Princess Elizabeth being refitted at Southampton by her new owners Torbay Steamers Ltd.
26th March 1951 Pride of Devon
Walton Belle which became Essex Queen and finally Pride of Devon.
Pride of Devon in the scrapyard at Grays in Essex.
25th March 1967 Caledonia
Caledonia.
Caledonia damaged at Rothesay.
Kingswear Castle Update
Kingswear Castle on the slipway at Old Mill Creek, March 2021.
Kingswear Castle up on the slipway getting ready for the 2021 season.
New Website for the Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle Trust
The Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle Trust has a new website.
24th March 1970 Eppleton Hall
Eppleton Hall.
Eppleton Hall arrives in San Francisco.
23rd March 1954 Arran
Arran.
The Clyde’s new car ferry Arran carries her 2,000th passenger and causes a change of roster for the paddle steamers.
22nd March 1968 Bristol Queen
Bristol Queen.
Bristol Queen had rounded Lands End under tow and was on her way to the breaker’s yard in Belgium.
21st March 1947 Farringford
Diesel electric paddler Farringford.
Farringford was launched on Friday 21st March 1947.
20th March 1961 Monarch
Monarch in the scrapyard at Cork March 1961.
Dorset Echo reports progress on the demolition of Monarch in the scrapyard in Cork.
19th March 2001 Kingswear Castle
Work progressing on renewing Kingswear Castle’s starboard sponson.
18th March 1961 London & Home Counties Branch
London & Home Counties Branch of the PSPS formed.
17th March 1950 Waverley
Waverley.
Waverley running on the winter ferry service
Waverley’s First Replacement Boiler
Waverley's Babcock Steambloc TC50 boiler, 16th March 1981.
Waverley’s first replacement boiler is prepared for despatch from Babcock Power’s Renfrew Works.
16th March 1959 Consul
Consul on Cosens's Weymouth slipway.
Consul up the slipway at Weymouth.
15th March 1948 Brading and Southsea
Brading & Southsea in Denny's yard Dumbarton
Brading and Southsea in the fitting out basin at Denny’s Clyde shipyard.
14th March 1974 Wingfield Castle
Wingfield Castle A/S New Holland with her white Sealink double arrow on the funnel painted over with red.
Wingfield Castle made her last voyage in steam on Thursday 14th March 1974.
13th March 1915 Golden Eagle
Golden Eagle.
Golden Eagle brings German prisoners of war back to England.
12th March 1934 Brighton Belle
Brighton Belle before her 1934 re-boilering.
Brighton Belle arrives in Barrow-in-Furness to have a new boiler fitted.
11th March 1953 Maid of Ashton
Maid of Argyll.
Maid of Ashton in the fitting out basin at Yarrow’s Clyde shipyard.
10th March 1911 Rhein
Rhein Lake Lucerne.
Lake Lucerne’s latest paddle steamer Rhein ran trials.
9th March 1963 St Trillo
St Trillo leaving Weston.
St Trillo leaves Birkenhead for Menai Bridge.
8th March 1961 Monarch’s Bell
First Monarch in her final form.
The first Monarch’s bell presented to the PSPS.
7th March 1972 Humber Paddle Steamers
Why were all the Hull/New Holland paddle steamer ferries withdrawn from service for much of February and on into early March 1972?
Second PSPS Online Presentation
Watch again Peter Lamb’s online presentation “Punching the Tide”.
6th March 2001 Kingswear Castle
KC's new boiler ready to leave the factory.
Kingswear Castle’s new boiler arrives.