Volume Eight - Pre-Victorian to the present day - more aspects - The White Funnel Fleet - P & A Campbell Limited

As the war continued, first the 'Waverley' in the North Sea and later the 'Glen Avon' off Normandy were lost.

For the second time in its history set about resuming steamship services in the Bristol Channel in circumstances of the utmost difficulty. Piers had been damaged or removed, landing facilities in many cases no longer existed, and the greater proportion of the fleet had either been lost on war service or returned at the end of the war in a condition no longer suitable for their peace-time purpose.

Despite all this, however, 1946 saw the re-opening of some of the services and the completion of the first post-war vessel, the 'Bristol Queen'. The second ship, the 'Cardiff Queen', commenced service in 1947.'

	A vintage enamel sign advertising P. & A. Campbell which was probably from Cardiff Pier Head and which went up for auction recently. Unfortunately, I lost the link to the website where I found it so if I have infringed the owner's copyright please let me know and I'll remove it - thank you. [002]

Next we take a closer look at the wonderful ships of the White Funnel Fleet over the years, but in no particular order. Some are taken from the pages of my 'White Funnel Handbook' [001] [307] whilst others come from the growing Penarth Dock Collection [001] and others from the variety of excellent publications about the fleet and the company. I've also pulled together in this section, photos I have used elsewhere on this website to illustrate the various aspects of the Penarth Dock heritage story.