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Blue Boats
Portsmouth Harbour Tours & Waterbus
This page is devoted to photographs of the Blue Boats of Portsmouth Harbour Tours, which operate a circular waterbus service around Portsmouth Harbour, plus harbour trips from the beach near Clarence Pier, Southsea. Portsmouth Harbour Tours own no vessels, which belong in 2005 to J.Butcher and D&P Faithfull. Previous partners included M&G Pearce, Bon Hope Cruises and the
Gosport Ferry
.
Other small Portsmouth operators are also included on this page.
Sections on this Page:-
Blue Boats - Portsmouth Harbour Tours
J.Butcher & Sons
D&P Faithfull
Gosport Ferries
- Waterbuses only
M.G.Pearce
Other Operators
Ship Names on this Page:-
Alice James
- J.Butcher - built: 1986
Colin James
- J.Butcher - built: 1977
Darthula II
- M.G.Pearce - built: 1939
Devon Belle
- Spitbank Fort Cruises
Diana-S
- M.G.Pearce - built: 2001
Exonia
- D&P Faithfull - built: 1976
Faithfull Servant
- D&P Faithfull - built: 2004
Paul James
- J.Butcher - built: 1972
Solent Prince
- Gosport Ferries
Solent Princess
- Gosport Ferries
Southsea Belle
- M.G.Pearce - built: 1928
Associated Pages:-
Blue Funnel Cruises
Gosport Ferry Limited
Hovertravel
Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company
Solent Steam Packet Ltd
- SS Shieldhall
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References:-
Trip Out Guides
- Written and published by G.P.Hamer
- various editions from 1977 to 2005 consulted
Portsmouth Harbour Tours
J.Butcher & Sons
In 1977, the fleet of J.Butcher consisted of
Colin James
(1977),
Colin Ray
(1964),
Gary
(1969) and
Paul James
(1972).
Gary
had left the fleet by 1983.
Alice James
(J.Butcher - built: 1986)
Alice James
on waterbus duty during the Festival of the Sea.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 2nd July 2005
Alice James
on waterbus duty during the Festival of the Sea.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 2nd July 2005
Alice James
on waterbus duty during the Festival of the Sea.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 2nd July 2005
Alice James
on waterbus duty during the Festival of the Sea.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 2nd July 2005
Photo:
© Ian Boyle,
July 17th, 2006
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Photo:
© Ian Boyle,
July 17th, 2006
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Photo:
© Ian Boyle,
July 17th, 2006
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Photo:
© Ian Boyle,
July 17th, 2006
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Photo:
© Ian Boyle,
July 17th, 2006
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Photo:
© Ian Boyle,
July 17th, 2006
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Colin James
(J.Butcher - built: 1977)
Colin James
in 1997
Photo: © Terry Creswell, 15th August 1997
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Paul James
(J.Butcher - built: 1972)
Paul James
in 2004
Photo: © Terry Creswell, 24th May 2004
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Paul James
on waterbus duty during the Festival of the Sea.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 2nd July 2005
Paul James
on waterbus duty during the Festival of the Sea.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 2nd July 2005
M.G.Pearce
M.G.Pearce was operating the
Southsea Belle
from Portsmouth Hard by 1981.
Southsea Belle
was previously the
Folkestone Belle
and had also run on the
Hayling Island Ferry
.
Darthula II
(M.G.Pearce - built: 1939)
Darthula II
arriving at Old Portsmouth from Gosport
Photo: © Ian Boyle
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Darthula II
arriving at Old Portsmouth from Gosport
Photo: © Ian Boyle
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Darthula II
and P&O's
Pride of Hampshire
Photo: © Ian Boyle
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Diana-S
(M.G.Pearce - built: 2001)
Diana-S
laid up at Portsmouth during the winter.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 16th November 2002
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Diana-S
laid up at Portsmouth during the winter.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 16th November 2002.
Southsea Belle
(M.G.Pearce - built: 1928)
Southsea Belle had previously worked as
the
Folkestone Belle
,
used by the Spraggs in the 1950s on the
Hayling ferry
.
Folkestone Belle
also worked for Portsmouth City Council when they took over services in 1961. She later ran from Portsmouth for M.G.Pearce as
Southsea Belle
.
Valentine postcard of the
Hayling ferry
Folkestone Belle
(later
Southsea Belle
).
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Photo Precision postcard of the
Hayling ferry
Folkestone Belle
(later
Southsea Belle
).
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Southsea Belle
on the Portsmouth water bus in 1997
Photo: © Terry Creswell, 15th August 1997
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Diana-S
and
Southsea Belle
(right) laid up at Portsmouth during the winter.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 16th November 2002.
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Diana-S
and
Southsea Belle
(left) laid up at Portsmouth during the winter.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 16th November 2002.
D&P Faithfull
Exonia
(D&P Faithfull - built 1976)
The modern fibreglass boat
Exonia (2)
joined
Orcombe
in 1976. In 1983, A.Stuart took over the Starcross ferry along with
Exonia (2)
and
Orcombe
. In 1987, B.B.J.Rackley took over the ferry, along with the
Orcombe
.
Exonia (2)
remained with A.Stuart. By 1999,
Exonia (2)
had passed to
D&P Faithfull
of Portsmouth, for use on
Portsmouth Harbour Tours
.
Exonia
on the Portsmouth water bus in 1997
Photo: © Terry Creswell, 15th August 1997