PADDLE STEAMER WAVERLEY
The Unofficial Site
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| Waverley at her new berth in Glasgow, 21 August 2004 | Waverley at Coll taken on Monday 7 May 2007 by Geoffrey Vickery |
PADDLE STEAMER WAVERLEY
The Unofficial Site
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| Waverley at her new berth in Glasgow, 21 August 2004 | Waverley at Coll taken on Monday 7 May 2007 by Geoffrey Vickery |
Updated 22 October 2009
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updated 1 March 2009
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Waverley Rebuild Diary The full story of the first phase of Waverley's Heritage Rebuild in 2000 |
updated 28 September 2009
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Unofficial Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle Web Site updated 16 August 2008
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Final Weekend on the Clyde Revised 22.10.09 |
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REFIT NEWS The re-tubing of Waverley's boilers was completed and the paddler was towed to the Garvel Dry-Dock at Greenock on Monday 18 May for her hull survey. Work on re-commissioning the boilers took place in parallel and the steamer came out of dry-dock on Tuesday 26 May. Afterwards she spent the night alongside Custom House Quay before steaming back to Glasgow via Dunoon under her own power about lunch-time the following day. Click here for a brief account of her successful return to service on 29 May.
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Why not visit the PSPS Scottish Branch Blog ?
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Did you know? WAVERLEY ABBEY .... The ruin is situated in the Surrey countryside between Farnham and Godalming. It was the first Cistercian monastery in England. During his travels, Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) visited the ruins and was very impressed by them, so much so that he named his first novel Waverley after the monastery. As Scotland embraced anything to do with Sir Walter, it was inevitable that a ship would carry this name. |
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Waverley's Official Web Site |
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| PS Waverley and MV Balmoral have both been added (along with HMY Britannia) to the National Historic Ships Register - click here for an article from Navy News |
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returning to Tarbert Pier to pick up passengers for
return trip to Ayr on 22 August 2000. Image by John Cuckney |
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The last sea-going paddle steamer in the world sailing round the coasts of the United Kingdom.... Firth of Clyde, Western Isles, Liverpool and Llandudno, River Thames, Bristol Channel, South Coast....through to October each year.
Paddle Steamer Waverley is operated by Waverley Excursions Ltd and supported by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society.
Driven by a 2,100 horse power triple expansion diagonal steam engine, this ship has two bars, dining saloon and accomodates up to 800 passengers.
Full Timetables, Fares and Bookings are available from:
Waverley Excursions Ltd, Waverley Terminal, 36 Lancefield Quay, Glasgow G3 8HA
Telephone 0845 130 4647 - Credit Card Bookings Taken
Official Waverley Excursions Web Site
This unofficial Paddle Steamer Waverley web site is maintained by Martin.Longhurst@btinternet.com. Please note that all enquiries regarding sailings and all other business matters must be addressed to Waverley Excursions Ltd. by post, phone, fax or email.
The views expressed on this site are not necessarily those of Waverley Excursions Limited or the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society.
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Waverley At North Pier Oban on Saturday 5 May 2007 By Daniel Vickery |
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Waverley sailing downriver on her way to Greenock on Sunday 17 August 2008 seen from Coronation Park, Port Glasgow at 1115 By Richard Gleed-Owen |
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I am always pleased to publish accounts of travels on the Waverley - a simple email is sufficient Digital pictures also welcome (about 490 x 350 pixels) More October 2007 Finale Pictures
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Special Features
Waverley Writings A collection of articles about the paddler between 1995 and 1999
Waverley Writings Web A series of reports written as it happened covering the 2000, 2001 and 2002 seasons
Waverley's 2003 Season Web Site A series of reports written as it happened covering the 2003 season
Waverley's 2004 Season Web Site A series of reports written as it happened covering the 2004 season
Waverley's 2005 Season Web Site A series of reports written as it happened covering the 2005 season
Waverley's 2006 Season Web Site A series of reports written as it happened covering the 2006 season
Waverley's 2007 Season Web Site A series of reports written as it happened covering the 2007 season
Links
Paddle Steamer Heritage Preserving and making accessible the heritage of British Paddle Steamers
Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle Britain's last operational coal fired paddle steamer sailing on the River Medway in Kent and occasionally on the River Thames
Paddle Steamer Preservation Society The registered charity which supports the continued preservation of P.S. Waverley and P.S. Kingwear Castle - find out how you can help! Membership includes Paddle Wheels colour magazine quarterly.
Picture Galleries of Waverley by Stuart Cameron
New Paddle Steamer Forum Why not post your news, queries and experiences and see what other readers have to say!
Maid of the Loch Statically preserved on Loch Lomond in Scotland
Clyde River Steamer Club for those interested in the steamers of the Clyde & the Western Isles and their history, operations and photographs from their first beginnings to the present day.
West Highland Steamer Club, founded in 1967, for those interested in the workings of the Western Isles fleet of David MacBrayne, now known as Caledonian MacBrayne.
Over 100,000 hits were made between March 1998 and August 2001 before the counter was reset on 5 September 2001.
