Balmoral and the Bristol Channel

Balmoral and the Bristol Channel PDF

Author: Mike Tedstone

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781903599181

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"P.&A. Campbell Ltd of Bristol, registered as a Limited Company in 1893, was destined to not quite make its century as the operator of the celebrated White Funnel Fleet of passenger steamers. As the postwar fleet waned in the 1950s profits dwindled and receivership beckoned. Remarkably, a new company structure was fashioned out of the old, in association with Townsend Ferries. In the 1960s P.&A. Campbell Ltd pioneered passenger-carrying hovercraft operations and branched out into cross-channel coach excursions, in partnership with the Free Enterprise ferries. A heritage quartet of motor-vessels went on to keep the P.&A. Campbell Ltd flag flying in the Bristol Channel into the 1970s, and the white funnel appeared in the Irish Sea as well as the south-east of England. Balmoral sustained the passenger link between north Devon and the island of Lundy throughout this time, after many other coastal excursion services around Britain had ended."--Back cover.

MV Balmoral

MV Balmoral PDF

Author: Alistair Deayton

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2009-05-15

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1445623765

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Built in 1949 in Southampton for the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., MV Balmoral operated in their Red Funnel fleet for twenty years. In conjunction with her stable-mate, the paddle steamer Waverley, she also operates on the Clyde, the Thames, North Wales and from Southampton and the South Coast.

Waverley Steam Navigation Company

Waverley Steam Navigation Company PDF

Author: Alistair Deayton

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 1445641690

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A new book that explores the history of the Waverley Steam Navigation Company.

Bristol Channel and Severn Guide

Bristol Channel and Severn Guide PDF

Author: Peter Cumberlidge

Publisher: Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd

Published:

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1786793784

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This new edition of the Bristol Channel and Severn Cruising Guide, revised by Jane Cumberlidge, continues Peter Cumberlidge's popular classic. Covering nearly every creek, pill, river and harbour from Milford Haven in Wales to St Ives in Cornwall via Lydney and Bristol, including the fixed-mast canal route from Sharpness to Gloucester, the book reflects Peter’s lifelong familiarity with these fascinating waters. Jane has updated the sailing directions and included a lovely selection of inspiring and informative new photographs. Plans have been updated throughout. First time and return visitors alike will find this guide an essential companion when exploring this warmly welcoming and rewarding cruising ground. ‘[An] authoritative and highly readable tome’ Yachting Monthly

North Wales Pleasure Steamers

North Wales Pleasure Steamers PDF

Author: Andrew Gladwell

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2012-05-15

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1445623781

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The story in words and pictures of the steamers of the North Wales Coast, and of the Liverpool & North Wales Steamship Company.