Caledonia on charter for a "Kirk Cruise".
24th May 1969 Caledonia
Caledonia.
Whit Sunday 21st May 1961 Consul
Consul leaving Weymouth.
Consul's first weekend in service from Weymouth in the 1961 season.
16th May 1949 Lorna Doone
Queen of Thanet alongside Margate Pier 1948.
Red Funnel's newly acquired Lorna Doone makes her inaugural cruise from Bournemouth.
11th May 1955 Lord Elgin
Lord Elgin leaving Cowes.
Cargo paddle steamer Lord Elgin makes her last crossing between Cowes and Southampton.
6th May 1960 Princess Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth alongside at Torquay.
Princess Elizabeth arrives at Torquay for the first time.
26th April 1927 Waverley
P & A Campbells's Waverley.
P & A Campbells's Waverley rostered for a day trip from Brighton to Eastbourne, Hastings and on to Folkestone for 2 hours ashore.
17th April 1947 Merstone
The Southern Railway's paddle steamer Merstone rescues passengers from Cunard's Queen Elizabeth which was aground on the Brambles Bank.
Easter 2nd – 8th April 1958 Bristol Channel
Glen Usk's bridge.
P & A Campbell's Easter paddle steamer sailings 1958.
4th April 1946 Bristol Queen
Bristol Queen.
Bristol Queen launched.
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.
21st March 1947 Farringford
Diesel electric paddler Farringford.
Farringford was launched on Friday 21st March 1947.
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.
6th March 1972 Normal Service Resumed on Humber
Why were all the Hull/New Holland paddle steamer ferries withdrawn from service for much of February and on into early March 1972?
25/26 February 1947 Cardiff Queen
The launch of Cardiff Queen.
Preparation for Cardiff Queen's launch and move to Fairfield's fitting out basin at Govan.
20th February 1950 Aberdare
Cargo paddle steamer Aberdare launched at William Denny's Clyde shipyard.
13th February 1978 Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Castle's last voyage in steam.
9th February 1836 Flamer
Flamer.
The paddle steamer Flamer endures a difficult passage from Guernsey to Weymouth in a gale.
1st February 1953 Victoria
Victoria one week after arriving in the Southampton scrapyard.
25th January 1957 Emperor of India
Emperor of India passing through Weymouth's Town Bridge on Monday 21st January 1957
Emperor of India at sea passing Dover under tow from Weymouth to Belgium for breaking up.
22nd January 1953 Victoria
Victoria backing out of Weymouth Harbour.
On Thursday 22nd January 1953 Victoria left Weymouth for the last time for the scrapyard at Southampton.
19th January 1963 Tattershall Castle
On Saturday 19th January 1963, Tattershall Castle broke free from her Humber moorings in a storm.
8th December 1949 Embassy
Why was Embassy in steam in December 1949?
26th December 1902 Victoria
Friday 26h December 1902 was the first day of a new winter paddle steamer service between Bournemouth and Swanage.
10th December 1937 Duke of Devonshire
Duke of Devonshire approaching Exmouth in the 1930s.
On 10th December 1937 Cosens signed the Bill of Sale to buy the Duke of Devonshire.
November 1937 Corfe Castle
Red Funnel's paddle steamer Corfe Castle.
In November 1937 Red Funnel's Mauretania ex Queen was renamed Corfe Castle.
17th November 1966 Talisman
Thursday 17th November 1966 was Talisman's last day in service.
11th November 1963 Caledonia
On Monday 11th November 1963 Caledonia came close to being blown ashore on the rocks off Millport after damaging her port paddle wheel.
November 1948 Solent Queen
Solent Queen in Southampton Water July 1948.
The breaking up of Red Funnel's Solent Queen commenced at the yard of T W Ward at Grays in Essex in November 1948.
18th October 1920 Britannia
Britannia at A & J Inglis, Glasgow for re-boilering 1920.
On Monday 18th October 1920 P & A Campbell's Britannia entered the yard of A & J Inglis in Glasgow to have a new boiler fitted.
11th October 1961 Lyme Regis Council
On 11th October 1961 Lyme Regis Council met to discuss what to do about damage to their harbour allegedly caused by Princess Elizabeth that season.