Scarborough Excursion
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This page is devoted to
postcards and photographs of the Scarborough excursion ship Regal Lady,
which also ran in Norfolk and is one of the Dunkirk Little Ships.
Contact Tom Machin, at
01723 363605 / 07855 381139 for details of the cruises currently
run from Scarborough.
Website:-
mvcoronia.co.uk
Email:-
mvcoronia@me.com
Regal Lady was built as the
Oulton
Belle in 1930 for the Yarmouth & Gorleston Steamboat
Company by Fellows & Company of Great Yarmouth. She was a
double-ended steamer of 75 gross tons, capable of 10 knots. In
design she was similar to the company's earlier vessels dating
back to the Yarmouth of 1895.
Oulton
Belle ran
successfully until the start of the war when she was requisitioned
by the Admiralty and attended the Dunkirk evacuation. She then
acted as a tender at Yarmouth and on the Clyde, returning to
her owners in December 1945.
Oulton
Belle returned to
service as before in 1946, running as part of a fleet of six
vessels between Yarmouth and Gorleston, plus trips into the Broads
to Reedham etc. At the end of the 1947 season, the smaller broads
steamers were taken over by Pleasure Steamers Ltd leaving just
the Oulton
Belle and Norwich Belle to do the sea
wards trips for the Yarmouth & Gorleston Steamboat Company.
Both vessels received major refits following the lines of the
very successful Brit of 1935, which became the
Yorkshire Lady at Scarborough in 1951.
The bow propeller was removed, and an upper deck was added (Oulton
Belle did not originally have one, unlike some of her double-ended
'sisters'). She received a modern funnel, but remained a steam
ship. Her route changed to a sea trip to Lowestoft returning
via the Broads, which was initially successful. However, in 1954
she was sold, leaving Norwich Belle to continue alone.
Her purchasers were Scarborough Cruises Ltd, who renamed her
Regal Lady, their sixth 'Lady' following
White Lady, White Lady II, Royal Lady, New Royal Lady and Yorkshire Lady. Scarborough Cruises
had been formed in in the 1920s by Hull fisherman and amusement
operator T.W.Round. During her first season that her steam engine
was not suitable. The engine was stripped out and cut up for
use as hull ballast, where it remains. Regal Lady was
given a Gleniffer diesel of 160 hp giving a speed of 10 knots.
At this time there were three boats working from Scarborough,
Regal Lady was given a Gleniffer diesel of 160 hp giving
a speed of 10 knots. At this time there were three boats working
from Scarborough, Yorkshire Lady,
Regal Lady and the larger
Coronia (1). All three ran successfully
during the 1950s UK holiday boom, but foreign package holidays
began to hit visitor numbers in the 1960s, and in the spring
of 1968 Scarborough's largest cruise boat, the
Coronia (1), left for Bournemouth.
J.W.Johnston replaced her with the Yorkshire Lady, renamed
Coronia (2). He also chartered the
Regal
Lady.
Regal
Lady
was returned to her owners Scarborough Cruises at the end of
the season and placed on the sales list. She ran with them for
two more seasons before being sold, leaving
Coronia (2) to continue alone at
Scarborough. She operated for Neville Blake from Norwich for
14 years, after which she was laid up. In 1987 she was sold and
brought back to Scarborough by Tom Machin (North Sea Leisure),
where she was substantially updated for a return to open sea
operation for the first time in 17 years. She was joined at Scarborough
again by the
Coronia (2)
from 1991.
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References:-
Pleasure Steamers
of Old Yorkshire
by Arthur Godfrey - c.1975
British Pleasure
Steamers 1920-1939 by Geoffrey Grimshaw - Richard Tilling 1945
MV Coronia 1935-1995 by Tom Machin - Carrick
Publications, Scarborough 1995
60 Years A Lady
1930-1990
by Tom Machin - Carrick Publications, Scarborough 1990
The Gozo-Malta
Ferry Service
by Joseph Bezzina - Bugelli Publications, Valletta 1991
Ferry Malta by Graeme Somner - World
Ship Society 1982
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Regal Lady
Oulton Belle
Regal Lady was built as the
Oulton
Belle in 1930 for the Yarmouth & Gorleston Steamboat
Company by Fellows & Company of Great Yarmouth. She was a
double-ended steamer of 75 gross tons, capable of 10 knots. In
design she was similar to the company's earlier vessels dating
back to the Yarmouth of 1895.
Oulton Belle ran
successfully until the start of the war when she was requisitioned
by the Admiralty and attended the Dunkirk evacuation. She then
acted as a tender at Yarmouth and on the Clyde, returning to
her owners in December 1945. Oulton Belle returned to
service as before in 1946, running as part of a fleet of six
vessels between Yarmouth and Gorleston, plus trips into the Broads
to Reedham etc. At the end of the 1947 season, the smaller broads
steamers were taken over by Pleasure Steamers Ltd leaving just
the Oulton Belle and Norwich Belle to do the sea
wards trips for the Yarmouth & Gorleston Steamboat Company.
Both vessels received major refits following the lines of the
very successful Brit of 1935, which became the
Yorkshire Lady at Scarborough in 1951.
The bow propeller was removed, and an upper deck was added (Oulton
Belle did not originally have one, unlike some of her double-ended
'sisters'). She received a modern funnel, but remained a steam
ship. Her route changed to a sea trip to Lowestoft returning
via the Broads, which was initially successful. However, in 1954
she was sold, leaving Norwich Belle to continue alone.
Her purchasers were Scarborough Cruises Ltd, who renamed her
Regal Lady
To be added
Regal Lady
(Built:
1930 - At Scarborough: 1954-1970, 1987- )
In 1954
Oulton Belle was sold to Scarborough Cruises Ltd, who renamed her
Regal Lady, their sixth 'Lady' following
White Lady, White Lady II, Royal Lady, New Royal Lady and
Yorkshire Lady. Scarborough Cruises
had been formed in in the 1920s by Hull fisherman and amusement
operator T.W.Round. During her first season that her steam engine
was not suitable. The engine was stripped out and cut up for
use as hull ballast, where it remains. Regal Lady was
given a Gleniffer diesel of 160 hp giving a speed of 10 knots.
At this time there were three boats working from Scarborough,
Regal Lady was given a Gleniffer diesel of 160 hp giving
a speed of 10 knots. At this time there were three boats working
from Scarborough,
Yorkshire Lady, Regal Lady and the larger
Coronia (1). All three ran successfully
during the 1950s UK holiday boom, but foreign package holidays
began to hit visitor numbers in the 1960s, and in the spring
of 1968 Scarborough's largest cruise boat, the
Coronia (1), left for Bournemouth.
J.W.Johnston replaced her with the
Yorkshire Lady, renamed
Coronia (2). He also chartered the
Regal
Lady.
Regal
Lady
was returned to her owners Scarborough Cruises at the end of
the season and placed on the sales list. She ran with them for
two more seasons before being sold, leaving
Coronia (2) to continue alone at
Scarborough. She operated for Neville Blake from Norwich for
14 years, after which she was laid up. In 1987 she was sold and
brought back to Scarborough by Tom Machin (North Sea Leisure),
where she was substantially updated for a return to open sea
operation for the first time in 17 years. She was joined at Scarborough
again by the
Coronia (2)
from 1991.
Contacts:-
Tom Machin (owner):-
01723 363605
/ 07855 381139
Website:- mvcoronia.co.uk
Email:- mvcoronia@me.com
Regal Lady
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of Regal Lady.
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of Regal Lady.
Colour
variation on card above.
Postcard
of Regal Lady.
Variation
on card above.
Postcard
of Regal Lady, with Coronia (1).
Postcard
of Regal Lady, Yorkshire Lady and Coronia (1).
Postcard
of Regal Lady on the Broads.
Postcard
of Regal Lady - 60th Anniversary card.
Postcard
of Regal Lady.
Chantry
Classics postcard CC/S15 of Regal Lady.
Photo:
Tom Chantry
Regal Lady
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Photograph
of Yorkshire Lady, Regal Lady and Coronia (1).
Photo:
© Terry Boyle, c.1962
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
Regal Lady at Scarborough
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th June 2010
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