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Devon Cruising Co


This page shows vessels used by the Devon Cruising Company at Torquay in the 1950s. They ran a succession of three distinctive vessels, ex-yacht Kiloran, ex-Royal Navy Fairmile B launch Kiloran II and the French-built Bateau Morgat.


Ships on This Page:-
Bateau Morgat
Kiloran
Kiloran II
 
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M.D.Barrow (Devon Princess Cruises - Exmouth)
K.J.Bridge - Plymouth operator
Brixham Belle Cruises (Carol & Peter Scott)
Brixham Belle with Dolphin World (Gibraltar)
Dartmouth Higher & Lower Ferry
Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Company
Dart Pleasure Craft
Devon Cruising Co - this page
Devon Railway Ferries & Tenders
Devon Dock, Pier & SS Co
Devon Princess Cruises (M.D.Barrow)
Devon Star Shipping
Devon Steamship Company - later Devon Dock, Pier & SS Co
Exe to Sea Ferries - J & M Rackley (operate Starcross ferry in 2007)
Exmouth & Great Western Ferry Co - later Devon Dock, Pier & SS Co
Exmouth - Starcross Ferry
Millbrook SB & Trading Company
Plymouth Boat Cruises
River Dart - Dart Pleasure Craft
River Dart - Ridalls
River Dart SB Co
Carol & Peter Scott (Brixham Belle Cruises)
Sound Cruising - Plymouth operator
Tamar Cruising & Cremyll Ferry Co
Western Lady Ferry Service
 
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Devon Cruising Co

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Kiloran
 
Kiloran ran for the Devon Cruising Co from Torquay in the 1950s. She was replaced by an ex-RN Fairmile B named Kiloran II in 1957. Kiloran II was sold in November 1963 (or earlier?) to Cornish Sea Cruising Co of St Mawes. She was replaced with Devon Cruising Co at Torquay by the Bateau Morgat, which ran daily from Haldon Pier. Bateau Morgat had previously run at Brest, and was built in 1953. Her dimensions were 100ft x 24ft, gross tonnage 147, and carrying 400 passengers.


Handbill for Kiloran at Torbay
KILORAN handbill - www.simplonpc.co.ukKILORAN handbill - www.simplonpc.co.uk



Postcard of Kiloran
KILORAN - www.simplonpc.co.uk



Postcard of Kiloran
KILORAN - www.simplonpc.co.uk



Postcard of Kiloran
KILORAN - www.simplonpc.co.uk



Postcard of Kiloran
Variation of the card above without border
KILORAN - www.simplonpc.co.uk






Kiloran II

Kiloran ran for the Devon Cruising Co from Torquay in the 1950s. She was replaced by an ex-RN Fairmile B named Kiloran II in 1957. She had been built in Maldon by J.Sadd in 1941 and was 112ft long. Converted to a yacht 10 years later, she was named Lepanto. For the 1956 season she was bought by Cambrian Marine Line Ltd of Liverpool and made cruises from Conway, Menai and Llandudno as Cambrian Prince. She was sold to Devon Cruising Co the following year becoming the Kiloran II where she remained for seven seasons.

Kiloran II was sold in November 1963 to Cornish Sea Cruising Co of St Mawes, where she specialised in a five-hour cruise viewing some sixty miles of the Cornish Coast and the Rivers Fal and Helford.. She was replaced with Devon Cruising Co at Torquay by the Bateau Morgat, which ran daily from Haldon Pier. Bateau Morgat had previously run at Brest, and was built in 1953. Her dimensions were 100ft x 24ft, gross tonnage 147, and carrying 400 passengers.


Postcard of Kiloran II
KILORAN II - www.simplonpc.co.uk






Bateau Morgat

Kiloran ran for the Devon Cruising Co from Torquay in the 1950s. She was replaced by an ex-RN Fairmile B named Kiloran II in 1957. Kiloran II was sold in November 1963 to Cornish Sea Cruising Co of St Mawes. She was replaced with Devon Cruising Co at Torquay by the Bateau Morgat, which ran daily from Haldon Pier. Bateau Morgat had previously run at Brest, and was built in 1953. Her dimensions were 100ft x 24ft, gross tonnage 147, and carrying 400 passengers.


Postcard of Bateau Morgat
BATEAU MORGAT - www.simplonpc.co.uk






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