Bristol Channel Postcards


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This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of various miscellaneous Bristol Channel passenger vessels which do not currently have dedicated pages. It will also link to other Bristol Channel pages. An alphabetical list of ships shown on this page is shown below. The Table beneath gives links to complete history pages on selected individual ships.


Ships on This Page:-
Bristol Queen (Built: 1938)
Cygnet
Enterprise
Sapphire
Princess Royal
Tenby Queen (Built: 1926)
Tudor Prince (Built: 1948)

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Name
Other names
Built

Tudor Prince Torbay Prince
1948

Bristol Channel


Bristol Queen
Bristol Queen was built as the Leven of the Caledonian Steam Packet Co in 1938. Sold to Belfast 1965 but almost immediately came to West Country. First ran with South Western Steam Navigation at Paignton. To Barrow 1970 as Pride of the Bay, much modified and stayed to early 1985. She ran in Jersey 1985-99 and then came to Weston-super-Mare as Bristol Queen where she runs Bristol Channel excursions and acts as ferry to Flatholm. Pride of the Bay as Bristol Queen
Photo: © Mike Tedstone
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Photo: © Chris Jones.
Photo: © Chris Jones.
Photo: © Chris Jones.
Enterprise

In the mid-1970s, Enterprise was owned by C.I.Crockford at Tenby, along with Tudor Prince (ex-Torbay Prince). From c1990-97, Enterprise worked on the Aire & Calder Navigation for G.Pattison & G.Asprey. She was then converted for private use, and was offered for sale on the Thames at Marlow in 2008.


Photographic Greeying Card Co postcard 1628 of Enterprise with P&A Campbell's Cardiff Queen
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Colourmaster postcard PT27106C of Enterprise in service at Tenby
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Cygnet
Sapphire


Photo: © Chris Jones.






Princess Royal

Photo: © Chris Jones.






Tenby Queen
(Built: 1926)
Built by Blackmore, Bideford as Worcester Castle and ran at Aberystwyth up to and after World War 2. Sold c1950 for conversion to a houseboat. Purchased from River Dart by Newman of Tolverne and entered service on River Fal as Skylark of Tolverne. Sold 1962 to Bewley, Paignton and ran two seasons as Beach Belle, then to Tenby as Tenby Queen. At Exmouth by 1977 and Registry closed 1983 as 'beyond repair'


NPO postcard W1189-32920C of Tenby Queen in service at Tenby
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Tudor Prince

Tudor Prince was built as the Torbay Prince, the only purpose-built Torbay excursion boat. She was built by M.W.Blackmore for Devon Star Shipping Co (J.Kerr). There are reports that she briefly ran from Ipswich first, where the company ran River Lady and then River Lady II (River Lady moving to Torbay for the Western Lady Ferry Service where she retained her name). Torbay Prince ran in conjunction with the Western Lady Ferry Service at Torbay.

The Harwich & Orwell Navigation Company had been formed in 1962 to run the Harwich/Felixstowe ferry service following its closure by British Railways. It was owned by George Goodhew and A.R.Grey. They used the ex-LNER/BR Brightlingsea on the ferry, and they also acquired River Lady II to run excursions. River Lady II was sold in 1963, and was replaced with Torbay Prince for a few years.

Torbay Prince returned west, and was renamed Tudor Prince for service from pembroke and Tenby in South Wales. She ended on the River Fal looking very smart in a red and cream colour scheme. Latest reports indicate that in 2006 she is at Ponsharden on the Fal in a very derelict state. A rebuild to return her to service in 2007 has stopped, she has been stripped of all upperworks and her long term prospects do not look good.

More images of Tudor Prince

Devon Star Shipping advertising postcard of Torbay Prince
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Archway postcard P80 of Tudor Prince, advertising cruises from Pembroke Dock



Postcard of Tudor Prince at Falmouth



Postcard of Tudor Prince at Falmouth
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Name	Other names	Built
Tudor Prince	Torbay Prince	1948