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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS) is a United Kingdom-based registered charity [1] [2] and owner of two working paddle steamers; PS Kingswear Castle and PS Waverley. In September 1959 a letter by Dr Alan Robinson appeared in The Daily Telegraph newspaper remarking on the rapid decline of the paddle steamer around the shores of the ...
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 ...
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PS Waverley (1865) (1865–1873) built by A & J Inglis, Glasgow to replace 1864 vessel; sold in 1868 and wrecked in 1873 on Guernsey [2] PS Waverley (1885) (1885–1921) built for Captain Robert Campbell for the Kilmun station, taken over by his sons P & A Campbell, operated in the Bristol Channel 1887 to 1917, ferry and minesweeper during ...