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PS Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946, she sailed from Craigendoran on the Firth of Clyde to Arrochar on Loch Long until 1973. [ 3 ] Bought by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS), she has been restored to her 1947 appearance and now operates passenger excursions around the ...
Waverley was built for the North British Steam Packet Co. by A. & J. Inglis at their Pointhouse Shipyard on the Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. [1] [7] The ship was designed to be the flagship of the North British Steam Packet Co. fleet with the intention that it could be used for regular Clyde services but also to help the company expand their initial foray into excursions in areas around Bute ...
PS Waverley departing on a cruise from Greenock in Scotland. This is a list of extant paddle steamers, including those in active service as well as museum ships and surviving paddle steamers that have been proposed at some stage and are still possible candidates for restoration. It does not include submerged paddle steamer wreck sites.
PS Waverley in 1970, funnels in CSP livery with red lion rampant PS Waverley restored to its original LNER livery After years of fierce competition between all the fleets, the CR and GSWR amalgamated with several other railways at the start of 1923 to form the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and their fleets amalgamated into the Caledonian Steam Packet Company, their funnels being ...
The following year, Waverley was replaced on the Kilmun route by the smaller PS Madge Wildfire while she sailed a route between Glasgow to Millport and Ayr. [1] In 1887, she was chartered to the Bristol Channel Marine Excursion Company to operate sailings from Bristol to seaside towns like Ilfracombe and Weston-super-Mare.
A volunteer who helped restore the world’s last seagoing paddle steamer the PS Waverley has also been honoured. John Beveridge, 71, has been made an MBE for services to paddle steamer ...
Paddle steamer Waverley at Southampton. PS Waverley, the last seagoing paddle-steamer in the world, runs a small number of slightly longer day cruises from Southampton each year. SS Shieldhall in Southampton Water. SS Shieldhall is a heritage ship included in the National Historic Fleet (as is Waverley) and based at Southampton. She is the ...
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