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P & A
Campbell
P & A Campbell
came to dominate the Brighton station as they did on the Bristol
Channel, purchasing the Brighton, Worthing and South Coast Steamship
Company and placing two vessels at Brighton for the 1902 season. From
1906 up until the First World War, three ships were sent round from
Bristol for the summer season on the South Coast, a format maintained
from their return after the war in 1923 until the renewal of
hostilities in 1939.
One of the largest paddlers was assigned to longer cruises and
cross-channel trips to French ports and with the prospects for this
business appearing good in the late 1930s, the turbine steamer
Empress Queen, the largest ever vessel built for the Campbell company
was ordered. Not available to take up her intended role until 1947,
she was never allowed to run on the services she was designed for and
spent only four years in Sussex, initially with one paddler consort
and in 1950 alone.
1951 was notable as the Campbell company did not put one vessel on
the Sussex trade, but returned in 1952 for 6 more seasons, the last
of which, 1957, was undertaken by the chartered motor vessel MV
Crested Eagle.
P & A Campbell vessels based on the Sussex
Coast (note - other vessels deputised on occasion for the main vessel
shown below)
1906-1910 :
Brighton Queen, Glen Rosa and Bonnie Doon
1911 Brighton Queen, Glen Rosa and
Waverley
1912-1914: Brighton Queen, Glen Rosa and
Ravenswood
1923-1925 : Devonia, Brighton Belle and
Ravenswood
1926-1932 : Devonia, Brighton Belle and Waverley
(ex-Barry)
1933 : Brighton Queen (ex-Lady Moyra), Brighton
Belle and Waverley (ex-Barry)
1934 : Brighton Queen (ex-Lady Moyra), Glen Gower
and Brighton Belle
1935 : Brighton Queen (ex-Lady Moyra), Glen Gower
and Brighton Belle
1936-1939 : Brighton Queen (ex-Lady Moyra), Glen
Gower and Waverley (ex-Barry)
1947 : TS Empress Queen
1948-1949 : Britannia and TS Empress Queen
1950 : TS Empress Queen
1951 - No vessel stationed at Brighton
1952-1953 : Cardiff Queen
1954-1956 : Glen Gower
1957 : MV Crested Eagle
Follow links to
vessel profiles below:
Brighton Queen
Glen Rosa
Bonnie Doon
Waverley
Ravenswood
Devonia
Brighton Belle
Waverley (ex-Barry)
Brighton Queen
(ex-Lady Moyra)
Glen Gower
Empress Queen
Britannia
Cardiff
Queen
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