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Osborne Castle - Le Gobelet D'Argent - Le Maxim - Cavalier Maxim

 

 

This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Red Funnel ferry Osborne Castle of 1962. Similar ships were Carrisbrooke Castle (1959), Cowes Castle (1965) and Norris Castle (3) (1968).

 

Osborne Castle was built by Thornycroft & Co, Southampton, in 1962, for the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Ltd. She entered service between Southampton and Cowes (Isle of Wight). She was held as reserve ship throughout 1976, but was reactivated during the summer of 1977 to provide extra weekend capacity. Osborne Castle was sold in 1978 to Canadian owners as Le Gobelet D'Argent, used between Trois-Pistoles and les Escoumins on the St Lawrence Seaway. Her new owners rebuilt her as a drive-through ferry. In 1989 Le Gobelet D'Argent was sold to Croisieres Montreal Inc, Montreal, who renamed her Le Maxim. In 1993 she moved again to C.J. Bouchard Reparation Lte, Quebec, and was renamed Cavalier Maxim. Cavalier Maxim entered service with Croisières AML on short cruises from Montreal. she has been completely rebuilt, with large dining saloons on three decks, all with panoramiv windows.

 

 

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Osborne Castle - Red Funnel: 1962-78

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Osborne Castle (1962-78)

 

736 grt - 191 ft long - 14 knots - 673 passengers - 25 cars

 

Osborne Castle was built by Thornycroft & Co, Southampton, in 1962, for the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Ltd. She entered service between Southampton and Cowes (Isle of Wight). She was held as reserve ship throughout 1976, but was reactivated during the summer of 1977 to provide extra weekend capacity. Osborne Castle was sold in 1978 to Canadian owners as Le Gobelet D'Argent.

 

 

Frith's postcard CS.74 of Osborne Castle.

 

J.Arthur Dixon postcard SS2116 of Osborne Castle.

Photo: Beken & Son, Cowes.

 

Duncan postcard of Osborne Castle.

 

 

 

 

 

Le Gobelet D'Argent (1978-1989)

 

Osborne Castle was sold in 1978 to Canadian owners as Le Gobelet D'Argent, used between Trois-Pistoles and les Escoumins on the St Lawrence Seaway. Her new owners rebuilt her as a drive-through ferry.

 

UNIC postcard of Le Gobelet D'Argent.

Photo: Marie-Louis Pelletier.

 

 

 

 

 

Cavalier Maxim (1993- )

 

In 1989 Le Gobelet D'Argent was sold to Croisieres Montreal Inc, Montreal, who renamed her Le Maxim. In 1993 she moved again to C.J. Bouchard Reparation Lte, Quebec, and was renamed Cavalier Maxim. Cavalier Maxim entered service with Croisières AML on short cruises from Montreal. She has more recently been completely rebuilt, with large dining saloons on three decks, all with panoramic windows.

 

 

"Juste Pour Voir" postcard of Cavalier Maxim (far right) at Quebec.

Photo taken prior to rebuilding

 

"Juste Pour Voir" postcard of Cavalier Maxim (far right) at Quebec.

Enlarged image from the card above.

 

 

 

 

 

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