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R & D Jones
Liverpool
based operators. Purchased the cross-channel ferry Marseille and
operated her on a range of cruises from Llandudno to Menai Bridge,
Rhyl, Liverpool and Douglas
Marseilles
Built in 1864 by C Lungley & Co of London
Length 213.9 ft : 425 GRT
Engine : 2 x 1 cyl. oscillating 52 x 57 in
Built
for the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (later South Western
& Brighton Railway Companies Steam Packet Service)
Purchased in 1887
Scrapped in 1891
Robert W Preston
Liverpool-based
steamship owner
Vale of Clwyd (1866-1881)
Built in 1865 by T
B Seath & Co at Rutherglen
Engines : 2 cylinder : 1x simple steeple 16 in & 1x simple diagonal 49 in x 48
in, single crank by A Campbell
Dimensions : 186.5 ft x 18.1 ft
Built for RW Preston of Liverpool for service on the
North Wales coast but the sale failed to be completed
Operated by Seath & Steele (Thomas Steel of Ayr) on excursions out of Ayr
Reboilered in 1869 amd 1876
Sold to the Thames & Channel Steamship Company in 1881 and on to
the London Steamboat Company in 1883
Scrapped in 1888 after her owners were taken over by the Victoria
Steamboat Association
Elwy (1866)
Built in 1866 by TB Seath & Co at Rutherglen
242 GRT
Built for RW Preston of Liverpool for Liverpool and North Wales service
Chartered by the Mayor of Limerick in the summer of 1867
Sold in 1868 for use in Turkey
Robert Gardner & Co
Manchester-based
steamship owner, ran the paddle steamer Denbigh between Liverpool and
Rhyl from 1860 to 1863 before selling the ship for blockade running in
the USA, proving to be successful until destroyed in May 1865
Denbigh
Built by J Laird at Liverpool in 1860. 182.6 ft : 258 GRT
Llandudno and Caernarvon Steam Boat
Company
Also operated out of
Blackpool
Belle of Llandudno
Mr W
Horton (1902) / Colwyn Bay & Liverpool Steamship Co (1903-1906).
Mersey Trading Co (1906-1907) / Walter Hawthorn (1908-1911)
Albion (under charter in 1902)
Rhos Colwyn (1903-1905)
Rhos Trevor
(1906-1909)
Rhos Neigr (1906-1908)
Primrose (1906)
Daisy (1906-1907)
Snowdrop (1906-1907)
Rhos Colwyn (1907-1911)
Cambrian Shipping Co (1935)
Lady Orme
Ormes Cruising Co
(1937-1938)
Lady Orme / Crestawave
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