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Brixham Belle(Built:
1960)
Brixham Belle was built in 1960 as
a 'Gentleman's Motor Yacht' in Cowes and named George Henry.
The gentleman concerned could not pay for her on completion and
the builder converted her to a passenger excursion boat in order
to sell her on quickly and cut his losses. She was 48 gross tons
and carried 120 passengers.
Brixham Belle was operated out of
Brixham for many years by Ernie Cudd and family who mainly ran
excursions to Dartmouth and up the river Dart during the day
and 'Illuminations Cruises' around Torbay after dark. She was
much loved by holiday makers and locals alike. After Ernie retired,
she stayed in the family for a while with his son-in-law (I think)
as skipper.
Eventually she
was sold to Peter Scott and became the founding vessel for his
'Brixham Belle Cruises'. He kept her until he bought
Brixham Belle
II
(formerly
Devon
Princess III
then Torbay Princess II and now
Western
Lady VII).
Brixham Belle is now in Gibraltar with
Dolphin World, still in daily use on dolphin watching
trips and still named Brixham Belle.
Brixham
Belle
in Cudd ownership
Brixham
Belle
in Cudd ownership
Brixham Belle in Cudd ownership
Brixham
Belle
in Scott ownership
Photo:
© Steve Powell, 1991
Brixham
Belle
with
Dolphin
World (Gibraltar)
Photo:
© Christian Sheppard-Capurro, 31st July 2006
Brixham
Belle
with
Dolphin
World (Gibraltar)
Photo:
© Christian Sheppard-Capurro, 31st July 2006
Brixham
Belle
with
Dolphin
World (Gibraltar)
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 16th March 2008
Brixham
Belle
with
Dolphin
World (Gibraltar)
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 16th March 2008
Brixham Belle II
(Built:
1984)
Brixham Belle
II was
built as
Devon
Princess III
(46 grt,
65 ft, 194 pass) were built in 1984 for
M.D.Barrow (Devon
Princess Cruises)
of Exmouth, joining
Devon Princess and
Devon
Princess II
in the fleet. They ran cruises from Exmouth and Torquay.
Devon
Princess II
passed to M.J.& R.J.Ould of Torquay who renamed her Torbay
Princess. Ould later also acquired
Devon
Princess III,
but by 1995 she was running for previous owner
M.D.Barrow again. In 1999,
Devon
Princess III
was running for P.Scott's Brixham Belles as Brixham Belle
II. In 2003, P.Scott's Brixham Belles acquired the fleet
of M.J.& R.J.Ould, reuniting Torbay Princess (ex-Devon
Princess II)
and Brixham Belle II (ex-Devon Princess III). P.Scott began jointly
operating the Torquay-Brixham ferry with the
Western
Lady Ferry Service. This arrangement was short-lived, and
Torbay
Princess (ex-Devon
Princess II)
and Brixham Belle II (ex-Devon Princess III) were sold to
Western
Lady Ferry Service, where Brixham Belle II was renamed
Torbay
Princess II, joining their two remaining
Fairmile 'B' launches
Western
Lady III
and
Western
Lady IV.
When the Fairmiles were withdrawn, Torbay Princess and
Torbay Princess II were renamed
Western
Lady VI
and
Western
Lady VII,
to run the ferry service from 2007.
Postcard
of Devon
Princess III
in
M.D.Barrow ownership
Western Lady VII (ex-Devon Princess III) in Western
Lady Ferry Service ownership
Cornish Belle
(Built:
1951)
Cornish Belle is 51 feet long, 25
gross tons and carries 99 passengers. Cornish Belle was
built by Frazer of Mevagissey for Harry Johns of Falmouth as
his Queen of the Fal. He later founded Enterprise Boats
who are still going strong. In 1963 she left Falmouth and went
to St. Ives where she became the Cornish Belle and ran
first for Paynter and then for Wilson. She returned to the Fal
in 1996 with Peter Newman of Tolverne, retaining her Cornish
Belle name. In 2007 he sold Cornish Belle to Carol
and Peter Scott at Brixham and replaced her with the Alice-Marie
from Poole, which he then renamed Queen of the Fal. At
Brixham, Cornish Belle sported the 'CPS' flag on her funnel
(Carol and Peter Scott). In 2009 Cornish Belle was sold
for use with the
Lagan Boat Company in Belfast.
Photo
of Cornish Belle
Photo:
© Steve Powell
Photo
of Cornish Belle
Photo:
© Steve Powell
Photo
of Cornish Belle
Photo:
© Steve Powell
Photo
of Cornish Belle
Photo:
© Steve Powell
Photo
of Cornish Belle
Photo:
© Steve Powell
Torbay Belle
(Built:
1979)
Torbay Belle was built as the Caledonian
MacBrayne ferry Lochmor in 1979. Torbay Belle was
sold to
Blue
Line Cruises
at Poole in 2009, where she will be renamed Jurassic Scene.
Photo
of Torbay Belle
Photo:
© John Hendy, 2007
Photo
of Torbay Belle
Photo:
© Graham Thorne, April 2005
Torbay
Belle
at Poole before renaming as Jurassic Scene and still showing
the CPS livery
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 11th July 2009
Torbay
Belle
at Poole before renaming as Jurassic Scene and still showing
the CPS livery
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 11th July 2009
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