Back
row:- unidentified, Scotia, Evelina,
Marina (1), Y Not
Postcard
showing Skylark of Tolverne and Skylark at Falmouth
Front
Row: Skylark of Tolverne, Skylark, Temptress (1),
Marina II
Back
Row: Unknown, Scotia, Evelina, Marina (1), Y Not
Postcard of
Skylark
(left) at Truro with later
wheelhouse, and Queen of the Fal (1)
Photo: © Rhos Newman
Skylark at Truro with
later wheelhouse
Photo: © Rhos Newman
Skylark II
(Newman: c.1948-1962 - Built:
1942)
Built: 1942 - 47 ft long - 80 passengers
Skylark II was ex-Admiralty and ran with Newman, Tolverne from the late
1940s.
She had been running from Jersey to France as St Aubin. Sold to Green Boats
in 1962 and to Bob Rogers in the late 1970s, then to the Pill family in the
early 1980s. With Elworthy, Millbrook from 1984,
to Brixham c.1990 and with the Brixham Belles from c.2000 and renamed
Mariner. Came back to the Fal with Cornwall Ferries 2003 and renamed Lady
Julia. For sale 2004, and now running at Stourport-on-Severn
as Skylark II (www.severnferry.co.uk).
Skylark II
at Truro in 1953
Photo: © Rhos Newman
Postcard of
Skylark II
(left) at Malpas with Queen of the Fal (1)
Scan: Rhos Newman
Postcard of
Skylark II
(left) at Malpas with Queen of the Fal (1)
Enlarged view of the card above
Scan: Rhos Newman
DEM
Thomas postcard of boats at Prince of Wales Pier, including Skylark II -
her stern just visible to
the left of Skylark
Front
row - Evelina, Unknown, Marina
(1) -
Centre:
Skylark
Back
row:- Skylark
II, Temptress, unknown, unknown, unknown
Skylark II
in Pill ownership
Photo: © Alan Kittridge
Skylark of Tolverne
(Newman: c.1954-1962 - Built:
1926)
Built: 1926 - 70 ft long - 250 passengers
Skylark of Tolverne ran with Newman, Tolverne 1954 to
1962. She was built in Bideford by M.W.Blackmore Worcester Castle for
the White family at Aberystwyth. She was sold to Victory Pleasure of Falmouth,
who went bankrupt in 1952. She was sold to Dartmouth as a house boat but was
bought as a hulk by Newmans Cruises in 1953. She was rebuilt for the 1954
season as
Skylark of Tolverne. In 1963 she was sold to C.Bewley of Paignton as
the
Beach Belle. Sold again in 1965 to Tenby owners as the Tenby Queen.
In 1977 she was sold to Mike Barrow of Exmouth. In 1983 she broke her back
when lifted from the water and was deemed beyond repair.