Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - The Bristol Channel District Guide - selected articles - [1934 Edition] . . . .

The " Lady Ismay " and the " Brighton Queen " were sunk and the " Waverley, " " Albion, " and " Glen Rosa " were returned in such condition as to be useless for further passenger-carrying service.

The " Glen Gower, " the latest steamer specially built to the order of Messrs. P. & A. Campbell Ltd. was successfully launched from the ship-building yard of the Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Troon, on February 14th, 1922. In several respects, both in design and construction, she is of a similar type to the " Glen Usk. "

In July, 1922, Messrs. P. & A. Campbell Ltd. also purchased the passenger steamers " Lady Moyra " and " Lady Evelyn " (now the " Brighton Belle "), which had formerly been run by another company in the Bristol Channel, under the name " Yellow Funnel Fleet. " The " Lady Moyra " is now known as the " Brighton Queen. "

Prior to the war, (WWI), Messrs. P. & A. Campbell Ltd. ran a service of steamers on the South Coast, with daily and frequent excursions to many of the leading holiday resorts, and after a lapse of nine years, this service was resumed and proved exceedingly popular. The steamers detailed for the South Coast service are the " Glen Gower, " " Brighton Queen, " and " Brighton Belle. "

The centre of the Company's operations is Brighton, and the places served include Eastbourne, Hastings, Folkstone, Worthing, the Isle of Wight, Boulogne, etc.

The " White Funnel " fleet now consists of the following first-class and thoroughly well-equipped passenger steamers : -

P.S. " Britannia "