Consul's first sailing of the season from Weymouth to Swanage and Bournemouth.
4th July 1961 Consul
Consul alongside Bournemouth Pier.
2nd July 1960 Embassy
Embassy arriving at Bournemouth Pier in 1962.
Embassy's first day of the 1960 season.
25th June 1958 Embassy
Embassy 21st August 1958.
Strong winds cause Embassy's passengers to return from Yarmouth to Lymington on the BR car ferry and then on to Bournemouth and Swanage by train.
5th June 1965 Embassy
Embassy arriving at Bournemouth 1965.
PSPS chartered Embassy for a trip from Weymouth to Yarmouth with, for any who wanted, an extension round the Isle of Wight.
29th May 1967 Embassy
Embassy passing though Weymouth Town Bridge for the last time 3rd May 1967.
Monday 29th May 1967 Embassy alongside at Van Heyghen Brothers's scrapyard in Ghent.
8th December 1949 Embassy
Why was Embassy in steam in December 1949?
1st October 1953 Embassy
Embassy's last scheduled day in service in 1953.
4th & 5th September 1953 Consul, Empress & Embassy
Two different paddle steamers in Lulworth Cove and visits to a warship.
17th August 1958 Embassy
Embassy runs a trip from Bournemouth & Swanage to view the American nuclear submarine Nautilus at Portland.
31st July 1963 Embassy
Day trip on Embassy from Bournemouth to Yarmouth Isle of Wight.
27th September 1963 Embassy’s Last Trip of Season
Embassy alongside in the Weymouth Backwater 1962
PS Embassy’s last scheduled trips of the 1963 season did not quite go to plan.
PS Embassy 1911 – 1967
WAVERLEY's cruise on 22 September 2016 celebrated the centenary of EMBASSY's launch as DUCHESS OF NORFOLK, back in 1911. She became a very significant ship - the last of Cosens & Co's famous "Buff Funnel Fleet', and the very last paddle steamer to be based at Bournemouth. WAVERLEY's route retraced the chief services operated by EMBASSY...