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The Emmyloo and the Pevensey were used in the television series “All the Rivers Run” as the Providence and Philadelphia respectively.
The Murray River Flag is flown from paddle steamers and other vessels in the Australian States of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia that ply the waters of the Murray-Darling river system. Little is known about the flag's early history but it may have originated as far back as 1850 when the formation of the Murray River League was announced.
A very wet and windy sail on Waverley in what turned out to be her last full cruise of 2020 following the unfortunate incident at Brodick the following day (3rd September).
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Waverley paddle ship transfering from Seacombe Ferry, heading south, to the CLT in Liverpool
She is currently the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle "steamer" in the world
IMO: 5386954
Vessel Type - Detailed: Passenger Ship - Coastal excursion paddle steamer
MMSI: 232001540
Call Sign: GRPM
Flag: United Kingdom
Gross Tonnage: 693
Summer DWT: 128 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 73.13 x 17.45 m
Year Built: 1947
Ship manager/Commercial manager & ISM: WAVERLEY STEAM NAVIGATION CO
Builders: A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow, Scotland,UK
Hull Number 1330P
Keel Laid: 27th December 1945
Launched: 2nd October 1946
Maiden: 16th June 1947
Draught: 1.91 ms - 6.3 feet
Propulsion: 3 crank diagonal triple expansion steam engine by Rankin & Blackmore, Eagle Foundry, Greenock, Scotland, UK @ 58rpm
2020 – Re-boilered with a new pair of Cochran boilers burning marine gas oil - no more coal.
Fuel Consumption: 0.7 tonnes (approximately 154 gallons or 700 litres) per hour of low-sulphur medium fuel oil at service speed of 14 knots
Fact: Main crank is fully attached to both paddles. She cannot turn them independently of each other.
Total Installed Power kW & ihp: 2,100ihp & 1,566kW
Speeds: 14 knots service speed. Her trial speed in 1947 was 18.37 knots @ 56rpm
Capacity: up to 925 passengers Class V - Class III 740. Originally 829
PS Coaches of Abingdon came to Windsor coach park today (28/07/2025) with 6 of their 10-strong fleet. The origins of this Oxfordshire firm stem from Percival's Coaches run by the Skinner family who have been operating private hire vehicles since 1929. Percivals became Tourex then The School Bus Company before establishing PS Motor Services with Piers Skinner taking over the family business in December 2018.
The current fleet consists of 2x Temsa Safari HD, 2x VDL SB4000 / Van Hool Alizee, 3x Volvo/Plaxtons, 1x Volvo/Van Hool T9, 1x Dennis Trident / East Lancs and 1x Ford Transit.
It helps to have good contacts within this wonderful hobby and indeed it was a message from one such friend that prompted me to take an extended lunch break in Windsor today. Many thanks B!
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Today was the 70th anniversary finale for the SS Shieldhall joined by the PS Waverley. Both vessels are part of the UKs Historic Ship Fleet.
"After competitive tenders, the contract to build Shieldhall was awarded by the Glasgow Corporation to the Lobnitz & Company shipyard at Renfrew on the river Clyde. The keel was laid down in October 1954 with launching on 7th July 1955 and she entered service in October of that year. “Shieldhall” is unique as a time capsule providing a working example of steamship machinery both above and below deck, typical of the cargo and passenger ships that plied the oceans of the world from the 1870s until the mid 1960s, by which time they were all but extinct.
The ship is of special interest as she is built on the classical lines of a 1920s steamer with a traditional wheelhouse; the hull is of riveted and welded construction and this unusual feature is representative of the transitional phase in British shipbuilding when welding took over from riveted practice. The hull has a slightly raked bow and counter stern. The teak decks and emergency steering position aft add to the classic effect. Shieldhall was effectively obsolete mechanically at the time of her launch having steam machinery representative of the late 19th century at a time when the diesel engine was coming into its own.
Now believed to be the largest working steam ship in Northern Europe, she is owned and operated entirely by voluntary effort."
"Waverley is named after Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley novels. She was built to replace the 1899 Waverley which was sunk by enemy action on May 29, 1940 at Dunkirk.
Waverley’s keel was laid on December 27, 1945 but due to material shortages after the war, she was not ready for launch until October 2, 1946. It wasn’t until the following year on January 20, 1947 that she was towed to Greenock for the installation of her boiler and engines. Her maiden voyage was on June 16, 1947.
Waverley was built for the route up Loch Goil and Loch Long from Craigendoran & Arrochar in West Scotland. She now visits several areas of the UK offering regular trips on the Clyde, The Western Isles, the Thames, South Coast of England and the Bristol Channel with calls at Liverpool & Llandudno.
Waverley is the World’s last seagoing paddle steamer. In 1974, at the end of her working life, she was famously gifted for £1 to the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society. Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., a charity registered in Scotland, was set up to own and operate the ship. Waverley then began a second career as one of the country’s best-loved tourist attractions. "
Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle built in 1924 for service on the River Dart. After a lengthy restoration she was returned to service in 1985 on the Rivers Medway and Thames (until 1985)
In 2013 after further restoration the Kingswear Castle returned to the River Dart on charter to the Dartmouth Steam Railway and River boat company.
One of the first paddle steamers to run cruises on the Murray River, the PS Marion is now the original wood-fired paddle steamer, with overnight accommodation, still operating.
Marion's life has been full of changes.
In 1896, Milang shipbuilder A.H. Landseer was commissioned to build a steamer by Mr George Swan Fowler, a prominent Adelaide business man. It would appear that Mr Fowler had intended to use the steamer as both a work boat and also a pleasure craft. Unfortunately Mr Fowler died soon after building began, and his trustees decided that the hull should be completed and offered for sale as a barge. It was named Marion and first floated in February 1897.
William Bowring kept a store in Wentworth and also traded up and down the Darling, selling goods from a paddle steamer. In early 1900 W. Bowring and Co. bought the Marion after his previous steamer had caught fire and burnt to the waterline. The barge was towed to Echuca, where Bowring built a superstructure so it could work as a store and Marion entered her working life as a hawking steamer. Bowring imported her engine, which was built by Marshall and Sons of Gainsborough, England in 1900. Marion is still powered by its original engine.
PS Marion left Echuca as a full independent working steamer in October 1900 and returned to Wentworth. From here she worked the Darling trade, taking supplies to settlements and stations along the river.
In 1908, the Marion was sold to Ben Chaffey of Renmark, who stripped off her store buildings and rebuilt her with accommodation to carry eight passengers, the captain and crew as well as carry cargo. Chaffey also had two barges specially built for her to tow.
Over the years, Marion went through many changes of ownership. Her shape and function also changed many times as she evolved from cargo with passengers to passengers with cargo and eventually to a passenger boat alone. In her final working guise Marion had accommodation spread over three decks, lounges on the top and middle decks with the dining room on the main deck.
Marion was best known during her days as one of the passenger steamers of the Murray Shipping Company. In December 1934 she left Morgan for the first of what became regular Summer cruises. She went upstream as far as Renmark, then down to Goolwa and back to Morgan.
After the Murray Shipping Company went into liquidation in 1952, Marion was sold a number of times and spent some years as a floating boarding house in Berri. In 1963, Marion was bought by the National Trust to be used as a memorial to the River Navigation Era. She sailed down river to Mannum under her own steam on what was then thought to be her last voyage. Captain Bill Drage, who captained the Marion during her years as a passenger steamer, took the helm on that voyage.
For over thirty years Marion rested in the historic Randell Dry Dock at Mannum, where the local branch of the National trust maintained her as a static museum. In 1989 the Mannum community and Council decided that the best way to preserve the Marion for future generations was to conserve and restore the boat to being fully operational. The Mannum Dock Museum Board was appointed to manage and develop the facilities and opportunities of PS Marion and Randell Dry Dock as the core of the Australian Museum of River History.
Major restoration work was undertaken with great love and attention to detail, this work has involved many tens of thousands of volunteer man hours. The superstructure has been restored to what it was in her heyday as a passenger steamer, with cabins, lounges, dining room, galley and bathrooms. Marion was recommissioned in November 1994.
Mannun, South Australia.
I'm sure you've bumped into those bright yellow "Photoshop for Dummies" books in your favourite book store's photography section. They cover a range of drastic subjects. I recently did at a Chapter's in Lethbridge, AB.
That same day I enjoyed reading Maggie Tayor's amazing portfolio in Silvershotz Magazine. Earlier I was window browsing while practicing the always challenging "Street shooting" and noticed a remarkably detailed ceramic bunny set.
It was inevitable I would have this photographic stew circling in my imagination. Spring is in full swing in Southern Alberta, as Easter week approaches, wishing you a most prosperous beginning to April, may your 'inspiration well' remain overflowing and meaningful.
*Please view LARGE for best rural detail
**Textures courtesy of various sources on Flickr, stock images courtesy of deviantART
***Thank You for your generous support, visits, comments, favs, and galleries.
PS Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946. Berthed in the River Clyde Glasgow.
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A pre-arranged visit to PS Coaches of Abingdon yesterday (22/08/2025) and with the rather fine weather the opportunity was taken to pose a small selection of their current fleet at their rather idyllic depot.
PL52XAD is a Dennis Trident / East Lancs Myllenium Lolyne 90-seater new to South Lancs Transport as X80SLT in 2002 passing to Blackpool Transport as their 342 in 2010. The decker was most recently with Aldermaston Coach Lines and joined PS this year;
YEZ6695 is a Volvo B10M / Van Hool Alizee new to Kerry Tours of Killarney as 99-KY-2944 in 1999. It came to the UK in 2005 when Pewsey Vale Coaches put T9PVC on it before passing to Astra of Andoversford. It came to PS Coaches in 2022;
N557SJF is a Volvo B10M / Plaxton Premiere 350 new to Bus Eireann as 96-D-42493 in 1996. It came to the UK in 1999 when it received the N557SJF mark. Although currently withdrawn, it remains with PS due to it being their original coach;
YJ18AYP is a Temsa HD12 new to Reays of Wigton in 2018. It is the most recent addition to the fleet arriving in recent months;
YT67GEU is a Ford Transit new to Brookfield School of Hereford in 2017. The 16-seater joined the PS fleet in 2024.
The rest of the current fleet includes an Optare Solo, 2x VDL SB4000 / Van Hool Alizee, a Volvo B7R / Plaxton Profile, a Volvo B12B / Plaxton Panther, and another Temsa HD12.
Thanks go to PS Coaches for accommodating my visit.
Departing Greenock's Custom House Quay.
Vessel Details:- Steam powered paddle steamer.
Vessel Name:- PS WAVERLEY.
IMO:- 5386954
MMSI:- 232001540
Call Sign:- GRPM
Classification Society:- Lloyd's Register.
Length:- 239ft 11in
Beam:- 57ft 3in
Draught:- 6ft 3in
Builder:- Built in 1946 by A & J Inglis Glasgow.
Power Plant:- 2 x Cochran Marine Thermax boilers fitted with Hamworthy Electrotec II rotary cup burners, feeding Diagonal Triple Expansion Steam Engine by Rankine & Blackmore Ltd, Greenock (Engine No 520).
Propulsion:- 2 x Fixed paddles with 8 Feathering paddle floats on both paddles.
Tonnage:- 693t.
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