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	Sound Cruising 2004-2012 Mount Batten Ferry This page is under construction
	This page shows postcards and images of the Sound Cruising at Plymouth. In 2004, a new player arrived on the Plymouth scene in the shape of the Spirit of Plymouth (2004, 66 grt), designed by her owner, and built locally. She ran under the banner of Sound Cruising. By 2005 Sound Cruising had taken over Plymouth Boat Cruises, there being insufficient trade for three operators. Coral Star IV (1962, 13 grt) ex-Paignton, joined the combined Sound Cruising fleet as the Mount Batten Ferry. The Catalina of Tenby (1999, 40 grt) arrived in the summer of 2005 but her stay with Sound Cruising was short lived and she left for Inverness to become the Jacobite Legend the following year. The cruising part of the business passed to Plymouth Boat Trips before the 2013 season along with Spirit of Plymouth and Plymouth Princess . The Mount Batten Ferry and vessels Copper and Plymouth Belle were not part of the sale. Website:- www.soundcruising.co.uk Telephone:- 01752 408590

	Vessels on this Page Copper Spirit of Plymouth Plymouth Belle Plymouth Princess Other Devon Pages Devon Header Page Dartmouth Higher & Lower Ferry Dartmouth Riverboats Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Company Dart Pleasure Craft - Dartmouth Riverboats from 2010 Devon Railway Ferries & Tenders Devon Dock, Pier & SS Co Greenway Ferry - Torquay & Dart Millbrook SB & Trading Company - Plymouth Mount Batten Ferry - Plymouth Plymouth Boat Cruises - Sound Cruising from 2005 Plymouth Boat Trips River Dart SB Co - ceased trading 1974 River Link - Dartmouth Riverboats from 2010 Silverline Cruises - this page! Sound Cruising - Plymouth Tamar Cruising & Cremyll Ferry Co - Plymouth Western Lady Ferry Service - Torquay	Associated Pages UK Excursion Vessels Cruise Ships Ocean Liners World Ferry Fleets Simplon Postcards. Home Page Simplon Postcards - Recent Updates - Simplon Postcards facebook page References Trip Out Guides - Various Editions 1985-2012 by Geoffrey Hamer Trip Out Guides are available from Geoffrey Hamer, PO Box 485, Southall, UB1 9BH Estuary & River Ferries of South West England - Martin Langley & Edwina Small - Waine Research (1984) Passenger Steamers of the River Tamar - Alan Kittridge - Twelveheads Press (1984) Passenger Steamers of the River Dart - Richard Clammer & Alan Kittridge - Twelveheads Press (1987) South Devon Ferries - Alan Kittridge - Tempus (2003) Steamers & Ferries of the River Tamar & Three Towns District - Alan Kittridge - Twelveheads Press (2003) Contacts Website:- www.soundcruising.co.uk Telephone:- 01752 408590 http://www.hollandamerica.com
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Mashford's built the new motor vessel Plymouth Belle for the Millbrook Steamboat & Trading Company in 1961. She passed to Dart Pleasure Craft in 1980, and was later transferred to the River Dart. The tradition of vessel exchanges between Plymouth and Dartmouth was revived at the end of the 2002 season. Plymouth Venturer was sold to Dart Pleasure Craft, becoming their Dart Venturer with former Millbrook vessel, Plymouth Belle (1960), moving in the opposite direction. Plymouth Belle passed to Sound Cruising in 2005, and remained in the 2012 fleet. When Sound Cruising passed to Plymouth Boat trips before the 2013 season the Mount Batten Ferry was not part of the deal and remained independent using the Plymouth Belle and the Copper.

Copper is mainly used as a water taxi, but also runs on the Mount Batten Ferry in winter and on early/late sailings in summer, carrying 12 passengers. When Sound Cruising passed to Plymouth Boat Trips before the 2013 season the Mount Batten Ferry was not part of the deal and remained independent using the Plymouth Belle and the Copper.