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519:'s house and gardens to the public (incidentally, this house was previously the home of the Gilbert family, after which the vessel was originally named). This service was later withdrawn and Dart Pleasure Craft instead market the
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from time to time. She remained with the
Millbrook Company after it was taken over by Dart Pleasure Craft Ltd, but in 1985 Dart Pleasure Craft withdrew from the Plymouth area, and MV
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at
Kingswear. It has long been operated by the railway companies, who maintained a 'station' at the Dartmouth side of the river, with no tracks; instead, passengers boarded the
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the
Edgcimbe Belle transferred Ownership to Tamar Cruising, where it operated as the following the sale of Tamar Cruising to Plymouth Boat Trips, the MV
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was seen and photographed in BR 'Rail Blue' livery at
Weymouth Harbour in June 1977. British Rail repurchased them for use on the
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to
Kingswear. The ferry route, and vessels, passed into local authority ownership, first Dartmouth Borough Council, then
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is now back as the relief boat on the
Kingswear ferry, and sees considerable operation on the route, as the MV
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In 1954 British
Railways, the then-operator of the ferry, decided that their present vessel, the SS
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In 1956, British Rail finally ordered two motor vessels of their own from
Blackmore & Sons of
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is primarily used to link the town of
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returned to the Dart, and joined her sister on the
Dartmouth–Kingswear ferry. In 1996 the
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was sold to Dart Pleasure Craft, and returned to the Dartmouth-Kingswear Ferry. MV
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Dart Pleasure Craft Ltd is now owned by Dart Valley Railway plc, owners of the
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was again sold to operate on the St Mawes ferry, and was replaced by the
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Steamers & Ferries of the River Tamar & Three Towns District
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was purchased by the Millbrook Steamboat and Trading Co, renamed MV
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Passenger Steamers of the River Dart & Kingsbridge Estuary
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was used on a new service to Greenway Quay, where the
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624:Estuary & River Ferries of South West England
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327:to Kingswear, and thence the train towards
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123:Millbrook Steamboat & Trading Co Ltd
593:National Register of Historic Vessels.
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541:In 2013 following the sinking of the
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563:Pleasure Craft timetable and website
536:Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway
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531:now appears to receive little use.
317:Dartmouth–Kingswear Passenger Ferry
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205:between Admirals Hard and Cremyll
635:Clammer, R. & Kittridge, A.
101:Dartmouth Borough Council (1972)
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910:Ferries of South West England
478:ferry, also relieving on the
16:Single-screw passenger vessel
915:River Dart passenger vessels
622:Langley, M. & Small, S.
119:Meridian Line Cruises (1978)
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414:South Hams District Council
369:River Dart Steamboat Co Ltd
105:South Hams District Council
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701:River Dart water transport
161:Dartmouth–Kingswear (1985)
134:Plymouth Boat Trips (2017)
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210:General characteristics
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116:British Railways (1977)
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521:Greenway Ferry Company
499:G.H. Riddalls and Sons
402:famous local explorers
457:Newhaven, East Sussex
424:Co, for service from
174:Blackmore & Sons
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367:was replaced by the
164:Cremyll Ferry (2013)
84:Sir Humphrey Gilbert
305:Plymouth Boat Trips
147:Dartmouth–Kingswear
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203:River Tamar
905:1957 ships
899:Categories
759:Steamships
724:River Link
609:Boyle, I,
569:References
321:River Dart
255:Propulsion
461:Greenwich
355:from the
466:In 1978
430:St Mawes
383:Bideford
361:Plymouth
329:Paignton
271:Capacity
193:Plymouth
190:Homeport
182:Launched
176:Bideford
156:Plymouth
80:Namesake
443:on the
396:and MV
311:History
301:Cremyll
223:Tonnage
171:Builder
40:History
34:in 1973
258:Diesel
231:Length
226:35 GRT
198:Status
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90:Owner
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