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Excursion Vessels
Southend's Local Sailing Boats - 'Life
Boats'
Local sailing
and rowing boats gave visitors trips directly from the beach.
These boats were described as 'life boats' on postcards, and
many had names such as Lifeboat Coronation. Some contemporary
postcards showing these boats are shown below.
'Life
boats' at Southend-on-Sea.
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'Life
boats' at Southend-on-Sea.
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'Life
boats' at Southend-on-Sea, posted 28/08/1917.
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East Beach with lifeboat Champion,
posted 19/08/1917.
Lifeboat Coronation.
West
Beach at Southend with life boats.
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East
Beach at Southend with life boats.
Promenade
at Southend with larger sailing boats.
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Official postcard of the Grace Darling
of G.Gundy at Southend-on-Sea.
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Passengers
on 'Life boat' Grace Darling at Southend-on-Sea
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Passengers
on a 'Life boat' at Southend-on-Sea, with Grace Darling
behind
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Passengers on 'Life boat' Sky-Lark
at Southend-on-Sea.
Scan:
Derek Windebank
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Passengers
on a 'Life boat' at Southend-on-Sea.
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Marine
Parade at Southend with larger fishing boats.
Marine
Parade at Southend with larger fishing boats.
Marine
Parade at Southend with larger fishing boats.
Boats
at Southend Esplanade
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Boat
off Westcliff-on-Sea
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Postcard of the Queen Alexandra
run by George Culham
Scan: Ken Tupper
Postcard of Queen Alexandra
run by George Culham
Scan: Ken Tupper
Postcard of the Imperial
Lifeboat
run by George Culham
George Culham is standing on the right
Scan: Ken Tupper
George Culham also
crewed on the local lifeboat The Theodore and Herbert
George Culham is standing fourth the right
of those facing the camera, hand on hip
Scan: Ken Tupper
Later postcard of the motor boat
Seafoam at Westcliff
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Duchess of York at Shoeburyness
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Boats
visiting the fleet at Southend.
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Southend's Local Excursion Boats
Sunbeam
(Southend
SP Co: 1909-1911 - 85 grt)
The screw steamer
Sunbeam served at Morecambe for the
Morecambe
Steamboat Co
between 1885-1909. In 1909 Henry Cooney ran her as a ferry between
Southend and Sheerness. Henry Cooney was also a director of the
New Medway SP Co, so one assumes the Sunbeam ran in collaboration
rather than competition with the larger company. Sunbeam
was reportedly burnt out in 1911 and replaced by the
Duke of Abercorn, which had also operated
in Morecambe.
Photographic
postcard of Sunbeam, probably at Southend, with P&O
liner in the background.
Duke of Abercorn
(Southend
SP Co: 1911-1914 - 144 grt)
The twin screw
steamer
Britannia was built for J.Brown,
Robert Birkett and R.Wilson of Lancaster in 1888, and served
at Morecambe for their Morecambe Steamboat Co until 1904.
Britannia
ran excursions to
Fleetwood and Blackpool plus local
trips. She then served in Dublin for Duke Shipping Co and was
renamed Duke of Abercorn. She ran aground on Dalkey Island
in 1910, but was refloated on the next tide. In 1911 she moved
to Southend for Henry Cooney's Southend Steam Packet Co, where
she replaced the burnt out
Sunbeam. In 1914 she was bought by
David
MacBrayne
for summer excursions. She also briefly operated the Ballachulish-Kinlochleven
run but her boilers were troublesome and she was sold for scrap
in February 1915.
Postcard
of Duke of Abercorn, possibly at Southend Pier.
Princess Maud
(Built:
192? - SMNCo: 192?-1940)
Princess
Maud
of the Southend Motor Navigation Co. She was commandeered by the
navy in 1940 and never returned.
Princess
Maud
photographed at Southend
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Julia Freak (Built: 1932- SMNCo:
1932-1940)
New Prince of Wales I
(SMNCo: 1945-19??)
The Julia
Freak (named after the wife of an early director of SMNCo), and her near-sistership, the Britannia I, were
both built by Haywards in a temporary boatyard set-up in what
was the Kursaal's coach-park. They were moved from there on trailers,
down what is now either Beach Road or Burdett Road, along the
Eastern Esplanade to the Corporation Loading Jetty, where they
were each launched using the Corporation's largest Crane. was the only SMNCo
vessel to be returned after the war. She returned service as the New
Prince of Wales I.
Motorised 'Life boat' Julia Freak
at Southend-on-Sea.
She
was built for the Southend Motor Navigation Co and was commandeered
by the navy in 1940. She was returned in 1945,
the
only SMNCo vessel to survive the war. Renamed New Prince of Wales
I, she worked for a few years more at Southend.
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Photochrome postcard of motorised 'Life
boat' San Toy 1 at Southend-on-Sea.
San
Toy 1
was built for the Southend Motor Navigation Co and was commandeered
by the
navy in 1940, never to return.
Julia Freak, also of the SMNCo, in the background.
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Britannia I
(Built:
1921 - Southend: 1921-1958)
Britannia
I ran
at Southend from 1921 to 1958 and on the Thames for Thames Motor
Boats as Thames Britannia to 1982. She was the first boat
of
Plymouth
Boat Cruises
as
Plymouth
Princess
in 1982 She passed to
Sound Cruising in 2005 and remained
in the fleet in 2007.
Britannia
I running
at Southend
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Plymouth
Princess
at Phoenix Wharf in Sound Cruising ownership
Photo:
© Graham Thorne , January 2007
Plymouth
Princess
at Phoenix Wharf in Sound Cruising ownership
Photo:
© Graham Thorne, 2006
New Prince of Wales
(Built:
1923 - SMNCo: 1923-1940)
New Prince
of Wales
is considered to be the first pleasure vessel of more than 100
gross tons to be driven by internal combustion engines - she
had two paraffin engines totalling 150hp, made by John L.Thornycroft.
(The
Royal
Lady
at
Scarborough was the first to be
powered by diesels). New Prince of Wales was wooden hulled,
and completed by Alec Fowler in Bosham in 1923 for the Southend
Motor Navigation Co. She was 104 feet long and 137 gross tons.
She was of very shallow draft, being used to perform short
cruises from a small jetty near Southend Pier at high tide.
New
Prince of Wales ran from the end of the pier at low tides.
Postcard
of New Prince of Wales
The
card was posted in 1937
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Postcard
of New Prince of Wales.
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Postcard
of New Prince of Wales.
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Postcard
of New Prince of Wales.
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Postcard
of
Southend
Britannia
(centre) and New Prince of Wales (left) at the pier head,
plus smaller boats (right).
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Southend Britannia
(Built:
1924 - Charles & Arthur Myall: 1924-1939)
The arrival
of
New
Prince of Wales led to the completion of competing
Southend
Britannia for Charles & Arthur Myall the following year,
1924. Southend Britannia was 106 feet long and 147 gross
tons - very slightly larger than
New Prince of Wales (perhaps deliberately). She had similar
paraffin engines by John L.Thornycroft, who also built the hull,
with a distinctive slanting stern. Southend Britannia
had two funnels, of which the forward was a dummy. Two masts
and a prominent bridge gave her an imposing, if slightly ludicrous
appearance. Southend Britannia attended the Dunkirk evacuation
during the war.
After the war
she served as Brightlingsea Belle on the Colne, and
Western
Lady V
at Brixham, where she was renowned for her excessive rolling,
due to low draught, compared to the Fairmile Western Ladies.
From 1960 to 1987 she was owned by Thames Television and moored
at Teddington. She was later seen as the Beverley, moored
in Docklands and Chelsea, but has probably since been scrapped.
Postcard
of Southend Britannia.
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Postcard
of Southend Britannia.
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Postcard
of Southend Britannia with enclosed bridge
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Postcard
of Southend Britannia with enclosed bridge.
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Postcard
of Southend Britannia at the jetty.
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Busy
scene of Southend sea-front with Southend Britannia and
New Prince of Wales plus 'life boats'.
Publisher:
Lansdown Productions
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Postcard
of Southend Britannia (centre) and
New Prince of Wales
(left) at the pier head, plus smaller boats (right).
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Postcard
of Western Lady V, ex-Southend Britannia
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ex-Southend
Britannia
in later years, moored on the Thames.
Dreadnought
(Southend
Water Pleasure - Built: 1936)
Dreadnought was built in 1936 as
a 60 ft sailing vessel, and continued to work as such after the
war, the last sailing excursion vessel at Southend. She carried
120 passengers on short cruises from the jetty adjacent to the
pier. She was owned by J.D.Polkinghorn until passing to Southend
Water Pleasure c.1987, but was soon sold.
Passengers on a sailing Dreadnought
at Southend-on-Sea - an earlier boat of this name?
It can
be dated to the First World War years by the serviceman in Royal
Flying Corps uniform
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Passengers
on the Dreadnought at Southend-on-Sea - an earlier boat
of this name?
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Mason's
'Alpha Series' postcard of Dreadnought at the jetty at
Southend
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Dreadnought at the jetty at Southend
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New Skylark
(Southend
Water Pleasure - Built: 1937)
New Skylark was built in 1937 and
was 19 grt. She carried 86 passengers on short cruises from the
jetty adjacent to the pier. She was owned by J.W.Brown until
passing to Southend Water Pleasure c.1987. In 1993,
New Skylark joined the
Lady Essex
in the fleet of M.Reis.
New Skylark remained in service in 2005, then being
owned by A.Richards. She was withdrawn soon afterwards, but remains in
existence in December 2009 at
Leigh-on-Sea having had additional cabins added.
New
Skylark
and Maid of the Forth (behind) at the Southend jetty,
adjacent to the pier.
E.T.W.Dennis
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New
Skylark
seen from Southend Pier.
Photo:
© Ian Boyle
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New
Skylark
at the Southend jetty, adjacent to the pier.
John
Hinde postcard 2EX 21 - Photo: Philip Fenton
New Skylark
at Leigh-on-SeaPhoto:
© Ian Boyle, 10th December 2009
New Skylark at Leigh-on-Sea
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th December 2009
Southend Belle
(Built:
1947 - Southend Belle Cruises: 1947-1958)
Southend
Belle
was operating for Southend Belle Cruises in 1957. She was 106
feet long with twin screws and engines of 96 hp. She later ran
as Westminster Belle, Maid of Wareham and
Maid
of Exmouth. At Southend Southend Belle was owned by
the Foreman family, who also owned
My Queen and the
Anzios.
In 2004 the
Maid of Exmouth joined the fleet of
K.J.Bridge of Plymouth and was
renamed
Devon
Belle V.
Devon
Belle V
was still running in 2007, although
K.J.Bridge had sold her to B.Squire,
whilst remaining as skipper. She is the last surviving independent
boat working in Plymouth and sails from their traditional site
at West Hoe Steps where Plymouth's pier once stood.
Devon
Belle V
(ex-Southend Belle) at her mooring in Sutton Harbour
Photo:
© Graham Thorne, April 2007
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My Queen
My Queen
was built
in 1929 and was a Dunkirk veteran. She is believed to have run
from Southend in the 1950s/60s. Between 1962-1970 she served
with
George
Wheeler Launches
on the Thames. In 1975 she passed to W.Jackson, also on the Thames.
My Queen was bought by
Dart Pleasure Craft in 1975, and was given
a covered cabin in 1982. She was used to take President Mitterand
of France on a tour of Dartmouth Harbour in 1984, the 40th Anniversary
of D-Day. In 1987 she was in service with
G.H.Riddalls
& Sons,
remaining with them until 2000 when the company was bought by
Dart Pleasure Craft, although the acquisition did not include
My Queen. After a period of disuse, she re-entered service
with B.R.J.Rackley, who operate the Exmouth-Starcross ferry and
local excursions. She remained with successors
J.& M.Rackley's
Exe to Sea Cruises in 2007, by which time
My Queen was 76 years old.
My
Queen
on the River Dart
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 1997
Anzio
Anzio was a Fairmile launch
used on Southend-Sheerness services 1959-1960.
The Poole and
Solent Navigation Company, acquired three Fairmile 'B' motor
launches named Anzio,
Dunkirk
and
Matapan in 1948, and ran them
from Poole to Swanage and the Isle of Wight. The three vessels
were acquired by
J.Bolson
& Sons
in 1952, although Anzio was sold immediately for use in
Southend. She was replaced by
Anzio I.
Fairmile
'B' motor launch of the Poole and Solent Navigation Company
Photo
is captioned Poole, Dorset
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Fairmile
'B' motor launch Anzio
Scan:
Chris Wood
Anzio I
Anzio I was originally the
David
MacBrayne
ferry Lochinvar. She operated on Southend-Sheerness services
1960-1963, after which she was laid up on the Thames. A connecting bus service
was operated around Sheppey and to Herne Bay, Canterbury and Maidstone.
Passengers also had to catch a bus through Sheerness Docks from the coach
station to board the vessel. She was
due to return to Scotland to run local cruises for Cromarty Cruises
in 1966, but was lost with all hands on her delivery voyage in
a storm off the Humber on April 3rd, 1966.
Anzio
I seen
leaving Southend Pier.
Photo
of Anzio I.
The
wreck of Anzio I.
The
wreck of Anzio I.
The
wreck of Anzio I.
Duchess M
(Southend
Water Pleasure - Built: 1956)
Duchess M operated from Southend
to Sheerness for Southend Water Pleasure from c.1997 to 2002.
She remains on the Thames running the Tilbury-Gravesend ferry
for the
Lower
Thames & Medway Passenger Boat Co who also operate the
Princess Pocahontas on regular cruises to
Southend.
Duchess M was built as the
Vesta in 1956, one of the
last three "traditional" Portsmouth-Gosport ferries
(the others were the
Ferry Queen (1959) and
Vita (1960)). They were all
diesel-powered, but otherwise the design had changed little in
80 years. All three remain in service on the Thames,
Vesta as the Duchess M
on the Tilbury-Gravesend ferry, and
Vita &
Ferry
Queen
with
City
Cruises.
Their lives on the Portsmouth-Gosport ferry were fairly short,
being replaced by the
Gosport Queen and
Portsmouth
Queen
in 1966. The three vessels were retained until the mid-1970s
as reserve vessels and for use on seasonal harbour tours.
Vesta was sold to Thames Pleasure Craft in 1974, but
was running for
Thames
Launches
by 1977. She passed to Arthur Green as the Duchess M in
1978, and then to D.C & W.Tours in 1981. By 1983 Duchess
M was under the Capital Cruises banner. In 1991 she
was on the River Tyne running charter cruises for Rolls Royce
Limousine Hire, passing to River Tyne Cruises by 1995, when her
fleet mates were the
Catherine (ex-Tilbury-Gravesend) and
Island
Scene
(ex-Blue
Funnel).
In 1997 Duchess M was back on the Thames at Southend,
running services to Queenborough and Strood, plus local sea cruises.
Her running mate was the Maid of the Forth. By 1999,
Duchess
M was the sole fleet member, and she was sold in 2002 to
the
Lower
Thames & Medway Passenger Boat Co for use on the
Tilbury-Gravesend ferry, where she remains
in 2006.
Duchess
M arriving
at Tilbury from Gravesend
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 5th May 2006
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Maid of the Forth
(Built:
1937)
Maid of the
Forth
operated from Southend for Southend Water Pleasure from c.1997.
She was built
as the Maid of Bute in 1937 and served at Rothesay. She
is the sister of the
Queen of the Fal, and it quite remarkable
that they should both meet again on the Fal after so many years
and with such similar names. After service as Maid of Bute
she became the Maid of the Forth running on the Forth
and at Southend before coming to the Fal for the Pill family
in 1998 and receiving the name
Queen of Falmouth. She spent one year
in Plymouth 2000 with
K.J.Bridge and passed to Cornwall
Ferries in 2003. Completely rebuilt 2004 and now on
St
Mawes Ferry.
Maid
of the Forth
(behind) and New Skylark at the Southend jetty, adjacent
to Southend Pier.
E.T.W.Dennis
postcard S004078L - Photo: S.R.Searle
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Queen
of Falmouth
(ex-Maid of the Forth), as rebuilt in 2004, on the
St
Mawes Ferry
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2008
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Nemo II
Nemo
II had
previously run at Brightlingsea and Clacton.
Postcard
of Nemo II when running at Clacton
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Postcard
of Nemo II when running at Clacton, from a jetty by Clacton
Pier
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Postcard
of Nemo II when running at Clacton
Enlarged
image from the card above
Devon Belle II
(Built:
1967 - Southend Water Pleasure:2002-2006)
Devon Belle
II was
built in 1967. She is 40 feet long and carries 60 passengers.
She served as Catriona (Mckenzie Marine, Ullapool: c1993-1999),
Royal Princess (Cruise Loch Ness, Fort Augustus: c1999-2002)
and Devon Belle II (K.J.Bridge, Plymouth: 2002-2003) before
arriving at Southend for Southend Water Pleasure. In 2006 she
was at Halcons yard on Canvey Island. In 2007 she sailed for
S.Robertson at Oban.
Devon Belle II at Halcon's yard, Canvey Island
Photo: © Roger Bolton, May 2003
Southend's Visiting Excursion Vessels
The Mermaid
(1891-1914)
An early regular
visitor to Southend was the paddle steamer The Mermaid,
which was owned by the Victoria Steamboat Association & successors
(1891-1910), Rosherville Pier and Steam Packet Company (1911)
and F.K.Tucker (1912-1914). Note that Rosherville was an estate
of large houses adjacent to Gravesend, built to allow commuting
into London when steam boats first became viable. The Mermaid
was 160 feet long and 194 gross tons.
I
have no images at present.
Sheppey Queen
The vessel shown
on the Southend-Sheerness ferry below has taken some time to
identify. A number of people have made suggestions, but I now
believe it is the Sheppey Queen - can anyone confirm this?
Email:
simplon@simplon.co.uk.
The
Sheppey
Queen was built by the Sittingbourne Boat Building Company
in 1946. She ran trips with the Silver Star during the
late 1950s early 1960s from Sheerness beach. She then worked
on the Clyde working summer excursions from Kilmun, Hunters Quay
and Dunoon to Rothesay, Largs, Kyles of Bute, etc. Occasionally
on very busy weekends she turned up on the Kilmun-Hunters Quay-Gourock
ferry (usually worked by the 40ft Kelvin Launch Sonje Tessa),
using Ritchie Bros slipway at the side of Gourock Pier entrance
near the pilot station. Her stern power was poor, and she was
seen being towed off that slipway by a couple of Ritchie's ferries,
the Lady Jane Ritchie and the
Port Star. In the
1970s she was on the RG Launches ferry service that took workers
to and from the Ford factory at Dagenham. Later she was in private
ownership as a yacht. In 2009 she is at Faversham Creek undergoing
restoration, the eventual intention being to take her to Ireland.
She has a website at:-
www.angelicfeast.com/sheppey
Harold Jordan
writes:-
The vessel in
the postcard Southend-Sheerness ferry is in my opinion the
Sheppey
Queen which passed to James Ferguson & Sons, Kilmun sometime
in the early 1950's. I think Jimmy Ferguson sold her some time
around 1960, maybe 1961. I wonder if this postcard is a view
of her prior to her time on the Clyde? The funnel and wheelhouse
are exactly as she appeared on the Clyde. She worked summer excursions
from Kilmun, Hunters Quay and Dunoon to Rothesay, Largs, Kyles
of Bute, etc. Occasionally on very busy weekends she turned up
on the Kilmun-Hunters Quay-Gourock ferry (usually worked by the
40ft Kelvin Launch Sonje Tessa), using Ritchie Bros. slipway
at the side of Gourock Pier entrance near the pilot station.
Her stern power was poor, and I have seen her towed off that
slipway by a couple of Ritchie's ferries, the Lady Jane Ritchie
and the Port Star.
Luke Farley
writes:-
I believe that
image is of the My Queen (ex-Gondolier Queen).
She was built in Essex and used on a ferry in the area, and her
hull is very, very similar to the one in the photo. She is also
described a the 'Dunkirk Little Ships' website as being almost
completely open, with a wheelhouse amidships - and your image
seems to fit this description. My Queen is now based at
Starcross, although she has also been based on the Thames, at
Plymouth and at Dartmouth in the past.
Andy Richards
writes:-
I would like
to say it is good to see all this information about the boats.
The boat leaving Sheerness is the My Queen.
Roger Bolton
writes:-
Further to our
conversation on "Waverley" I regret I too am unable
to identify the vessel on the Southend-Sheerness ferry route.
I don't think it's "My Queen" because (1) I believe
she had no wheelhouse whilst at Southend and (2) I think your
vessel's freeboard is greater than "My Queen".
John Armstrong
writes:-
This vessel
is the Trevarno formerly owned by Torbay Cruising. Mrs
E Wallis & Mr Head owned and ran her from Torquay around
1950 / 1953. She had new AEC engines installed by my father.
Sheppey
Queen
the Southend-Sheerness ferry.
Published:
Shoesmith & Etheridge 'Norman Series' - Hastings.
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Photo
of Sheppey Queen (on the Clyde?)
Sheppey
Queen
at Faversham
Photo:
© Ben Mann
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Sheppey
Queen
at Faversham
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 26th February 2009
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Sheppey
Queen
at Faversham
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 28th February 2009
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Sheppey
Queen
at Faversham
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 28th February 2009
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Sheppey
Queen
at Faversham
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 28th February 2009
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Sheppey
Queen
at Faversham
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 28th February 2009
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Swanage Queen
(Meridian
Line - Built: 1948)
Swanage Queen was built in 1948 as
the Thornwick for cruises from Bridlington.
Crosons of Bournemouth acquired
the
Thornwick in 1968. She could carry
305-335 passengers on Class III/Class IV certificates, and operated
trips from Bournemouth to Totland Bay and Yarmouth in the Isle
of Wight.
Thornwick was extensively refitted
before the 1968 season. However, she proved too slow for the
Isle of Wight runs, at only 10/11 knots, and
Crosons acquired the
Coronia from
Scarborough.
Thornwick was renamed
Swanage
Queen,
and was used on ferry runs from Bournemouth to Swanage Pier.
She was withdrawn at the end of the 1969 season, replaced by
smaller craft in the Croson fleet, and was sold to Meridian Line
in December 1970. Meridian Line were based in Greenwich, and
Swanage Queen ran charters from Greenwich and Westminster,
and was licensed to travel as far as Southend. She was fitted
with additional covered accommodation, which ruined her appearance.
More images of Swanage Queen
Swanage
Queen
at Southend Pier.
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Swanage
Queen
at Southend Pier.
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Queen of Kent
Queen of
Kent
was previously the New Golden Spray, operating short coastal
cruises from Ramsgate and Margate in the mid-1970s for M.J.Pett.
She had become Queen of Kent for D.Rose of Rochester by
1981, running excursions from Southend and the Medway towns of
Rochester, Aylesford, Faversham etc.
Queen
of Kent
at Leigh-on-Sea in poor condition.
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, c.1987
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Queen
of Kent
at Leigh-on-Sea in poor condition.
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, c.1987
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Kingswear Castle
(PSPS:
1985- )
Kingswear Castle (2) was built for the
River Dart Steam Boat
Company
in 1924 using the engines of her predecessor
Kingswear
Castle (1)
of 1904. Her design essentially dates back to the Berry Castle
(1) of 1880.
Kingswear
Castle (2)
ran on the Dart until 1965, when she become uneconomic compared
to more modern motor vessels. She was eventually sold to the
Paddle Steamer Preservation Society, who restored her on the
River Medway for a full return to service in 1985. In her first
season frequent sailings were made to and from Southend Pier,
but visits are now restricted to a few days each year. Visit
www.pskc.freeserve.co.uk for details of
Kingswear
Castle (2)
excursions, including visits to Southend.
Complete
history of Kingswear Castle
Kingswear
Castle
off Southend Pier.
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 1985.
Kingswear
Castle
arriving at Southend Pier.
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 1985.
Kingswear
Castle arriving
at Southend Pier, with
Clyde behind
her.
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 1985.
Kingswear
Castle arriving
at Southend Pier, with
Clyde behind
her.
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 1985.
Clyde
(Invicta
Line Cruises: 1985-1992)
Invicta
Line Cruises
of Chatham began services between Southend and Strood c.1985,
using the
Clyde and
Thames
Queen.
Thames
Queen
was sold by Invicta Line in 1987, to be replaced by Clairest
in 1989. Invicta Line ceased operations c.1992.
More images of Clyde
Postcard
of Clyde - purchased on board.
Published
by the World Ship Society (Medway) - Photo: © Stuart Emery
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Clyde at Southend Pier.
Photo:
© Ian Boyle.
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Clyde off Southend Pier.
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 1987.
Princess Pocahontas
(Lower
Thames & Medway)
Princess
Pocahontas
was acquired by the
Lower
Thames & Medway Passenger Boat Co in 1989, and began regular calls at
Southend from her base in Gravesend. She remains in service in
2006. Website:
www.princess-pocahontas.com
More images of Princess Pocahontas
Princess
Pocahontas
off Canvey Island in the River Thames
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 1992
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Princess
Pocahontas
off Canvey Island in the River Thames
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 1992
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Princess
Pocahontas
off Canvey Island in the River Thames
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 1992
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