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David MacBrayne
Page 3: 1915-1939
Page under construction - more ships to be added
This one of a series of pages devoted to postcards of David MacBrayne Ltd, who ran a network of services throughout the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The firm subsequently combined with the Caledonian Steam Packet Co (the Clyde area operators of British Railways) to form the nationalised Caledonian-MacBrayne. Since 1928, David MacBrayne (1928) Ltd had been jointly owned by the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) (passing to the British Transport Commission (BTC) in 1948) and
Coast Lines
.
Ships on this Page:-
King George V
(David MacBrayne: 1935-1972, Calmac: 1973-1974)
Lochfyne
(David MacBrayne: 1931-1969)
Lochiel
(David MacBrayne: 1939-1969)
Lochnevis
(David MacBrayne: 1934-1969)
Lochness (3)
(David MacBrayne: 1929-1955)
Lochearn
(David MacBrayne: 1930-1964)
Lochmor (1)
(David MacBrayne: 1930-1964)
Saint Columba
(David MacBrayne: 1936-1958)
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David MacBrayne - Page 3
- 1915-1939
- This Page!
David MacBrayne - Page 4
- 1940-1972
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David MacBrayne
Page 3: 1915-1939
Lochness (3) (1929-1955)
Photographic postcard of
Lochness.
Photographic postcard of
Lochness
at Mallaig.
Photographic postcard of Greek
Myrlidiolissa
(ex-
Lochness
).
Lochearn (1930-1964)
Photographic postcard of
Lochearn.
Lochmor (1) (1930-1964)
Official postcard of
Lochmor
, which rather enhances her appearance.
Lochfyne (1931)
S
ervices:- The "Royal Route" - Greenock to Tarbert and Ardrishaig.
754 tons, 219 ft long, 1202 passengers.
Lochfyne
was a pioneer diesel-electric vessel built in 1931. At this time Coast Lines, who part-owned David MacBrayne, were part of Lord Kylsant's huge Royal Mail Group (soon to collapse), and the
Lochfyne
could be considered to be the smallest of the distinctive two-funnelled Kylsant motorships (the largest being the White Star
Britannic
). She originally operated on the Oban-Staffa-Iona cruise, and sometimes opened the season on this route even in the 1960s. Her main later summer employment, however, was the Clyde section of the famed "Royal Route" from Greenock to Tarbert and Ardrishaig, previously run by the famous paddle steamer
Columba
and the turbine
St Columba
.
Judges postcard of
Lochfyne
with grey hull.
Judges postcard of
Lochfyne
with grey hull.
Judges postcard of
Lochfyne
with grey hull.
Early postcard of
Lochfyne
with black hull and single mast.
Postcard of
Lochfyne
with black hull and single mast.
Postcard of
Lochfyne
with black hull and single mast.
Postcard of
Lochfyne
with black hull and single mast.
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Miller & Lang postcard of
Lochfyne.
Real Photographic postcard of
Lochfyne.
Valentine postcard (serial XT.66R) of
Lochfyne.
Interesting, modern Orr, Pollock postcard of
Lochfyne
and Empress of England on the Clyde.
Valentine postcard (serial C.307) of
Lochfyne
at Oban.
S
implon Postcards serial number sp1164 (issued December 1993) of
Lochfyne
.
Photograph by Alastair Deayton.
Photographic postcard of
Lochfyne.
Photographic postcard of
Lochfyne
at Tarbert
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Photographic postcard CRS06 of
Lochfyne.
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Photographic postcard of
Lochfyne.
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Lochnevis (1934)
Services:- various services out of Oban.
568 tons, 179 ft long.
Lochiel
served initially out of Mallaig on the Portree Mail Service, but moved to Oban when she proved to be too large for the Portree route. In the 1960s she often out on the "Royal Route" out of peak season, and in summer ran various routes out of Oban to Tobermory, Fort William, Isle of Islay etc.
Early David MacBrayne official postcard of
Lochnevis.
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Real Photographs postcard of
Lochnevis.
Photographic postcard of
Lochnevis.
Photographic postcard of
Lochnevis.
Charles Skiltern postcard (serial 21545) of
Lochnevis
at Port Askaig (Islay).
An enlarged view of the ship is show below.
King George V (1935)
Services:- Excursion Oban-Tobermory-Staffa-Iona etc.
985 tons, 270 ft long, 1432 passengers.
Arguably the finest excursion steamer in postwar UK service, King George V had been built in 1926 for the Clyde services of Turbines Steamers Ltd. She was transferred to David MacBrayne (the LMS Railway had interests in both Turbine Steamers and MacBraynes) in 1935, and then operated as the main Oban excursion vessel for almost 40 years.
Dennis postcard (no serial) of
King George V
at Oban, with
Lochfyne
in the background.
This is an early card before the addition of a closed wheelhouse.
Postcard of
King George V
.
This is an early card before the addition of a closed wheelhouse.
Postcard of
King George V
at Tobermory.
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Postcard of
King George V
at Iona.
Postcard of
King George V
at Rothesay.
J.Arthur Dixon postcard (serial 3752) of
King George V
at Iona,
The famous cathedral in the background. Passengers were tendered ashore in MacBraynes
famous 'red boats' as can be seen. Landings at Staffa, to see Fingal's cave, had ceased by 1967.
Dennis postcard (serial O.0113) of
King George V
at Oban.
Unidentified postcard (serial PT35424 - Photo Precision?) of
King George V
at Oban.