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Cosens & Co
Weymouth, Bournemouth & Swanage Steam Packets Ltd.
Page 1: The 19th Century
This is the first of two pages devoted to postcards and photographs of Cosens & Co, later taken over by the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Ltd (
Red Funnel Steamers
). This page covers ships acquired before 1900, subsequent ships are shown on
Cosens Page 2
.
An alphabetical list of ships
covered on this page is shown below. Below this are
postcards and photos of the fleet
in chronological order.
Ships on This Page:-
Albert Victor
(1889-1928)
Empress
(1879-1955)
Monarch (1)
(1888-1950)
Premier
(1852-1938)
Queen
(1883-1920)
Victoria
(1884-1953)
Ships on
Page 2
:-
Alexandra
(1913-1932)
Brodick Castle
(1902-1909)
Consul
(1938-1963)
Embassy
(1938-1967)
Emperor of India
(1908-1956)
Majestic
(1901-1914)
Melcombe Regis
(1913-1920)
Monarch (2)
(1951-1960)
Associated Pages:-
Cosens Page 1 - 19th Century
- this page!
Cosens Page 2 - 20th Century
Cosens Page 3 - 1952 Timetable
Cosens Page 4 - 1958 Timetable
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- Small 12-passenger paddle steamer named after Monarch (1)
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Fleet postcard of Cosens & Company.
Fleet postcard of Cosens & Company.
There are enlargements of each of the images in the ship's sections below.
Premier (1852-1938)
Photographic postcard of
Premier
at Weymouth.
Photographic postcard of
Premier
.
Photographic postcard of
Premier
.
Monarch
in the background.
Empress (1879-1955)
160ft long - 173gt - 2-cyl simple oscillating
Empress
was built in iron by Samuda Bros of Poplar, on the River Thames, and her engines were built by J.Penn of Greenwich. When withdrawn in 1955, she had the last set of working oscillating engines in the British Isles.
Early postcard of
Empress
at Lulworth Cove.
Cosens replaced black funnels with their famous buff with a black top in 1901.
Cosens postcard of
Empress
.
Postcard of
Empress
.
Enlarged image of
Empress
from a Cosens fleet postcard.
Early postcard of
Empress
at Weymouth.
Early postcard of
Empress
at Weymouth.
A coloured variation on the card above.
Postcard of
Empress
at Lulworth Cove.
Photographic postcard of
Empress
.
Photographic postcard of
Empress
.
Photo: © F.R.Sherlock.
Photographic postcard of
Empress
at Lulworth Cove.
Later postcard of
Empress
at Lulworth Cove, with additional white hull plating.
Postcard of
Empress
at Lulworth Cove, with additional white hull plating.
St Albans postcard 5242 of
Empress
at Lulworth Cove, with additional white hull plating.
St Albans aerial postcard 6771 of
Empress
leaving Lulworth Cove.
Queen (1883-1920)
110ft long - 169gt - 2-cyl simple
Queen
was built in iron by L.Smit & Zoon in Holland, and her engines were built by the Vulcan Ironworks in Hull. She was sold to the Ardrossan harbour Board in 1920.
Picture to be added.
Victoria (1884-1953)
166/175ft long - 192/229gt - 2-cyl simple oscillating
Victoria
was built in steel by J.& K. Smit of Kindedijk, Holland, and her engines were built by J.Penn of Greenwich. She was lengthened in 1888.
Postcard of
Victoria
at the beach at Seaton.
Postcard of
Victoria
at Lulworth Cove.
Postcard of
Victoria
at Lulworth Cove.
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Postcard of
Victoria
at Lulworth Cove.
Postcard of
Victoria
at Lyme Regis.
1972 Pamlyn Prints postcard of
Victoria
at Lyme Regis c.1913.
Postcard of
Victoria
at Bournemouth.
Later postcard of
Victoria
at Bournemouth, with many new buildings in the background compared to the card above.
Postcard of
Victoria
at Weymouth.
A.Duncan photographic postcard of
Victoria
.
Photographic postcard of
Victoria
.
Dearden & Wade postcard 3225 of
Victoria
at Lulworth Cove, with additional white hull plating.
Postcard of
Victoria
at Lulworth Cove, with additional white hull plating.
Postcard of
Victoria
at Lulworth Cove.
Postcard of
Victoria
at Lulworth Cove.
Coloured variation on the card above.
Monarch (1) (1888-1950)
210ft long - 315gt - 2-cyl simple diagonal
Monarch (1)
was built in steel by R.& H.Green & Co at Blackwell, on the River Thames, and her engines were built by J.Penn of Greenwich.
Monarch (1)
was replaced with an ex-railway steamer in 1951, which became the
Monarch (2)
. In 2004, a very small 12-passenger paddle steamer began operations on the River Stour in Kent. Her designer, owner and builder Briwn Waters named her
Monarch
after the
Monarch (1),
a favouroite of his.
Cosens art postcard of
Monarch (1)
.
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Early Cosens postcard of
Monarch (1)
.
Cosens postcard of
Monarch (1)
.
Cosens postcard of
Monarch (1)
.
Cosens postcard of
Monarch (1)
.
Enlarged image of
Monarch (1)
from a Cosens fleet postcard.
Postcard of
Monarch (1)
at Weymouth.
Photographic postcard of
Monarch (1)
.