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Brixham Belle Cruises
Carol & Peter Scott
 
 
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of Brixham Belle Cruises (Carol & Peter Scott). They run day cruises to the River Dart from Torquay (Haldon Pier) and Brixham (landing at Dartmouth) plus evening illuminations cruises.
 
 
Contact:- 01803 528555
 
Boats on This Page:-
Brixham Belle (Built: 1960)
Brixham Belle II (Built: 1984)
Cornish Belle (Built: 1951)
(Built: 1979)
 
Devon Pages:-
Devon Excursion Ships - Devon Header Page
Brixham Belle with Dolphin World (Gibraltar)
Dart Pleasure Craft
Devon Dock, Pier & SS Co
Devon Princess Cruises
Devon Star Shipping
Ridalls Boats
River Dart SB Co
Western Lady Ferry Service
 
Associated Pages:-
UK Excursion Ships - UK Header Page
Ferry Postcards
Simplon Postcards Home Page
 
References:-
Estuary & River Ferries of South West England - Martin Langley & Edwina Small - Waine Research (1984)
South Devon Ferries - Alan Kittridge - Tempus (2003)
Trip Out Guides - Written and published by G.P.Hamer - various editions from 1977 to 2007 consulted
Thanks to Steve Powell and Graham Thorne for their assistance with this page
 
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Brixham Belle Cruises
Carol & Peter Scott
 
 
Brixham Belle
(Built: 1960)
 
 
Steve Powell writes:- Brixham Belle was built in 1960 as a 'Gentleman's Motor Yacht' in Cowes and named George Henry. The gentleman concerned could not pay for her on completion and the builder converted her to a passenger excursion boat in order to sell her on quickly and cut his losses. She was 48 gross tons and carried 120 passengers.
 
Brixham Belle was operated out of Brixham for many years by Ernie Cudd and family who mainly ran excursions to Dartmouth and up the river Dart during the day and 'Illuminations Cruises' around Torbay after dark. She was much loved by holiday makers and locals alike. After Ernie retired, she stayed in the family for a while with his son-in-law (I think) as skipper.
 
Eventually she was sold to Peter Scott and became the founding vessel for his 'Brixham Belle Cruises'. He kept her until he bought Brixham Belle II (formerly Devon Princess III then Torbay Princess II and now Western Lady VII). She is now in Gibraltar with Dolphin World, still in daily use on dolphin watching trips and still named Brixham Belle.
 
 
Brixham Belle in Cudd ownership
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Brixham Belle in Cudd ownership
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Brixham Belle in Cudd ownership
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Brixham Belle in Scott ownership
Photo: © Steve Powell, 1991
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Brixham Belle with Dolphin World (Gibraltar)
Photo: © Christian Sheppard-Capurro, 31st July 2006
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Brixham Belle with Dolphin World (Gibraltar)
Photo: © Christian Sheppard-Capurro, 31st July 2006
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Brixham Belle with Dolphin World (Gibraltar)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 16th March 2008
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Brixham Belle with Dolphin World (Gibraltar)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 16th March 2008
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Brixham Belle II
(Built: 1984)
 
Brixham Belle II was built as Devon Princess III (46 grt, 65 ft, 194 pass) were built in 1984 for M.D.Barrow (Devon Princess Cruises) of Exmouth, joining Devon Princess and Devon Princess II in the fleet. They ran cruises from Exmouth and Torquay. Devon Princess II passed to M.J.& R.J.Ould of Torquay who renamed her Torbay Princess. Ould later also acquired Devon Princess III, but by 1995 she was running for previous owner M.D.Barrow again. In 1999, Devon Princess III was running for P.Scott's Brixham Belles as Brixham Belle II. In 2003, P.Scott's Brixham Belles acquired the fleet of M.J.& R.J.Ould, reuniting Torbay Princess (ex-Devon Princess II) and Brixham Belle II (ex-Devon Princess III). P.Scott began jointly operating the Torquay-Brixham ferry with the Western Lady Ferry Service. This arrangement was short-lived, and Torbay Princess (ex-Devon Princess II) and Brixham Belle II (ex-Devon Princess III) were sold to Western Lady Ferry Service, where Brixham Belle II was renamed Torbay Princess II, joining their two remaining Fairmile 'B' launches Western Lady III and Western Lady IV. When the Fairmiles were withdrawn, Torbay Princess and Torbay Princess II were renamed Western Lady VI and Western Lady VII, to run the ferry service from 2007.
 
 
Postcard of Devon Princess III in M.D.Barrow ownership
 
 
Western Lady VII (ex-Devon Princess III) in Western Lady Ferry Service ownership
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Cornish Belle
(Built: 1951)
 
Steve Powell writes:- Cornish Belle was previously on the River Fal in Cornwall. She now sports the 'CPS' flag on her funnel (Carol and Peter Scott) who bought the old Brixham Belle (now in Gibraltar) when Ernie Cudd retired, then had Brixham Belle II (which has had many names but has now become Western Lady VII) and now runs Torbay Belle. Cornish Belle is 51 feet long, 25 gross tons and carries 99 passengers.
 
Graham Thorne writes:- Cornish Belle was built by Frazer of Mevagissey for Harry Johns of Falmouth as his Queen of the Fal. He later founded Enterprise Boats who are still going strong. In 1963 she left Falmouth and went to St. Ives where she became the Cornish Belle and ran first for Paynter and then for Wilson. She returned to the Fal in 1996 with Peter Newman of Tolverne, retaining her Cornish Belle name. In 2007 he sold her to Brixham and replaced her with the Alice-Marie from Poole, which he then renamed Queen of the Fal.
 
 
Photo of Cornish Belle
Photo: © Steve Powell
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Photo of Cornish Belle
Photo: © Steve Powell
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Photo of Cornish Belle
Photo: © Steve Powell
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Photo of Cornish Belle
Photo: © Steve Powell
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Photo of Cornish Belle
Photo: © Steve Powell
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Torbay Belle
(Built: 1979)
 
Torbay Belle was built as the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry Lochmor in 1979 (images to be added soon).
 
 
Photo of Torbay Belle
Photo: © John Hendy, 2007
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Photo of Torbay Belle
Photo: © Graham Thorne, April 2005
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