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

The following table compiled from 'West Country Passenger Steamers' provides a list of the paddle steamers of the White Funnel Fleet in build date order up and until the last build in 1947. The years column specifies service years to Campbell's. Admiralty wartime service is also attributed to service years. Click on the ship names to open up a new page with photograph etc. [154]

Campbell's Name	. . . Service Dates . . .			G.R.T.	Years	Comment
Campbell's Name	Built	Start	End	G.R.T.	Years	Comment
'Bonnie Doon'	1876	1899	1913	272	14	Most previous owners!
'Glen Rosa'	1877	1897	1920	223	23
'Scotia'	1880	1899	1913	260	14
'Waverley'	1887	1888	1920	258	32	ex River Clyde
'Ravenswood'	1891	1891	1955	391	64
'Albion'	1893	1899	1921	363	22
'Princess May'	1893	1901	1902	260	1	ex BWSC-run by Capt. Alex
'Westward Ho'	1894	1894	1946	438	52
'Cambria'	1895	1895	1946	420	51
'Lady Margaret'	1895	1896	1903	378	7	ex Edwards Robertson Co.
'Britannia'	1896	1896	1957	459	60	Flagship until 1946
'Duke of Devonshire'	1896	1933	1934	297	1	not sure if was in service at all!
'Brighton Queen'	1897	1901	1915	603	14	ex BWSC-run by Peter and Alex
'Tintern'	1899	1911	1913	393	2	ex 'Westonia' - Barry Rly. Co.
'Brighton Belle'	1900	1922	1940	320	18	ex Tucker - 'Brighton Belle' - ex 'Lady Evelyn'
'Devonia'	1905	1911	1940	520	29	ex Barry Railway Co.
'Brighton Queen'	1905	1922	1940	519	18	ex 'Gwalia' - Barry Rly. Co. - ex 'Lady Moyra'
'Waverley'	1907	1911	1941	471	30	ex 'Barry' - Barry Rly. Co.
'Lady Ismay'	1911	1911	1915	495	4
'Glen Avon'	1912	1912	1944	509	32
'Glen Usk'	1914	1914	1956	524	42	scrapped 1963
'Glen Gower'	1922	1922	1956	553	34
'Empress Queen'	1940	1940	1955	?	15	a turbine screw driven ship
'Bristol Queen'	1946	1946	1968	961	22	Flagship from 1946
'Cardiff Queen'	1947	1947	1968	765	21

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