MV Balmoral : the first 60 years
Deayton, Alistair2009
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Built in 1949 in Southampton for the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., MV Balmoral operated in their Red Funnel fleet for 20 years. Moving to Bristol, she became the last the last vessel purchased by P&A Campbell for the pleasure steamer services down the Bristol Channel and across to Wales. After serving in North Wales, and following a short lay-up, she moved to Dundee to become a floating restaurant, however this move was unsuccessful and she was purchased for use as a pleasure steamer again. She now operates in the Bristol Channel as well as the Clyde, the Thames, North Wales and the South Coast. Balmoral and Waverley, markedly different ships, but built within two years of each other, are a reminder of the heyday of coastal cruising, when many such ships took holidaymakers on day trips to resorts the length and breadth of the country.
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MV Balmoral : the first 60 years / Alistair Deayton and Iain Quinn in association with Patrick Murrell
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Imprint:
Stroud : Amberley Publishing, 2009
Collation:
160 p. : prof. ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781848684263
Local class:
387.531
Language:
English
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BRN:
1782165
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