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Dorset Belle
Dorset Belles - Dorset Cruises
 
 
This page is devoted to photographs and postcards of the Dorset Belle of Dorset Cruises.
 
In the mid-1970s the Croson fleet was getting old, and three new vessels were built by J.Bolson & Sons: Dorset Belle (1974 - 81 feet - 178 passengers), Bournemouth Belle (1975 - 86 feet - 228 passengers) and Poole Belle (3) (1977 - 93 feet - 250 passengers). Swanage pier was closed in 1983, and Dorset Belle was sold. She was re-acquired in 1997. These three vessels have maintained services since, until Poole Belle (3) was sold in 2006 for services on the Forth.
 
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References:-
Any more for the Skylark? - Written and published by David L.Chalk - 1980 (The Story of Bournemouth's Pleasure Boats)
Trip Out Guides - Written and published by G.P.Hamer - various editions from 1977 to 2005 consulted
Trip Out Guides are available from Geoffrey Hamer, PO Box 485, Southall, UB1 9BH
 
 
 
 
 
Dorset Belle
(1974-1983, 1997- )
 
In the mid-1970s the Croson fleet was getting old, and three new vessels were built by J.Bolson & Sons, the first being Dorset Belle in 1974. She is 81 feet long and carries 178 passengers. The Dorset Belle was chartered to Mursell & Kemp of Sandown for the 1983 season following the closure of Swanage Pier. She was purchased by them in the autumn and renamed Island Enterprise in January 1984. Mr Kemp retired after the 1994 season (I do not know if the Mursell family was still involved) and she was sold to Wight Line Cruises and renamed Ryde Scene. She was used mainly for Portsmouth Harbour cruises for two seasons, then sold back to Croson and resumed sailing as the Dorset Belle in 1997. Dorset Belle remains in the 2007 fleet.
 
A.Duncan photographic card of Dorset Belle.
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Island Enterprise (ex-Dorset Belle) when sailing for Mursell & Kemp.
Passing the Pride of Bilbao at Portsmouth.
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Island Enterprise (ex-Dorset Belle) when sailing for Mursell & Kemp.
Passing the Pride of Bilbao at Portsmouth.
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Dorset Belle at Brownsea Island
Scan: Susan Whitton
 
 
 
Photos of Dorset Belle at Poole being prepared for the 2006 season.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd April 2006
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Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd April 2006
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Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd April 2006
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Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd April 2006
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Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd April 2006
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Dorset Belle at Brownsea Island Pier.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st May 2006
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Dorset Belle at Brownsea Island Pier.
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Dorset Belle at Brownsea Island Pier.
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Dorset Belle at Brownsea Island Pier.
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Dorset Belle at Brownsea Island Pier.
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Dorset Belle at Brownsea Island Pier.
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Dorset Belle at Brownsea Island Pier.
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Dorset Belle at Brownsea Island Pier.
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Dorset Belle at Brownsea Island Pier.
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Dorset Belle approaching the Studland-Sandbanks ferry.
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Dorset Belle approaching the Studland-Sandbanks ferry.
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Dorset Belle approaching the Studland-Sandbanks ferry.
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Dorset Belle approaching the Studland terminal of the ferry to Sandbanks.
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Dorset Belle passing Sandbanks.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1st June 2006
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Dorset Belle passing Sandbanks.
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Dorset Belle passing Sandbanks.
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Dorset Belle at Poole Quay
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Dorset Belle at Poole Quay
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Dorset Belle at Poole Quay
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Dorset Belle at Poole Quay
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Dorset Belle at Poole Quay
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Dorset Belle at Poole Quay
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Dorset Belle at Poole Quay
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Dorset Belle passing the Haven Hotel at Sandbanks
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Dorset Belle passing the Haven Hotel at Sandbanks
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Dorset Belle passing the Haven Hotel at Sandbanks
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Dorset Belle passing the Haven Hotel at Sandbanks
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Dorset Belle passing the Haven Hotel at Sandbanks
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Dorset Belle passing the Haven Hotel at Sandbanks
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