Route Bristol - Ilfracombe Completed September 1946 Length 79 m | Builder Charles Hill & Sons Launched 4 April 1946 Beam 9.51 m | |
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Name 1946-1968Bristol Queen Operator 1946-1968P and A Campbell, Bristol Port of registry Bristol (Later Cardiff) | ||
PS Bristol Queen was a passenger excursion vessel built for P & A Campbell in 1946.
History
She was built in 1946 by Charles Hill & Sons in Bristol, and launched on 4 April 1946, by the Lady Mayoress of Bristol, Mrs J. Owen, with a bottle of Bristol Cream sherry Her engines were made by Rankin & Blackmore Greenock Engine No 519 (builders of PS Waverley's Engine..
She was built as a replacement for P & A Campbell ships lost during the Second World War, and operated pleasure cruises in the Bristol Channel, often to Ilfracombe.
On 20 August 1966, she hit Penarth Pier damaging the pier head.
She was taken out of service after an accident to a paddle wheel on 26 August 1967 and was scrapped the following year.
References
PS Bristol Queen (1946) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA