Normandy.

Built in 1882 the Normandy was bought by Mr. J R Richards of Swansea in 1905 for service in the Bristol Channel. Unfortunately, Mr. Richard's company, the Normandy Steamship Co., was a short-lived venture which ended in 1907. The Normandy was scrapped at Rhyl two years later.
 

Glen Gower.

The Glen Gower was built in 1922 for the Swansea to Ilfracombe service. During the Second World War she wasrequisitioned as the HMS Glenmore, returning to Swansea in 1947 where she served a further 10 years on the Ilfracombe run. She was taken out of service in 1957 and scrapped in Belgium in 1960.
 

Glen Gower.

The Glen Gower alongside Regents Wharf, Swansea in the mid 1950s. The Western Power Station can be seen on the top left of the photo.
 

Lady Moyra.

Built as the Gwalia’ in1905, the Lady Moyra worked out of Swansea in the 1920s. Later renamed the Brighton Queen, she was lost to enemy action during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.
 

Built in 1947, the Cardiff Queen worked many seasons out of Swansea between 1950 and 1966, when she was finally taken out of service. She was scrapped in Newport in 1968.
 

The Bristol Queen, built in 1946, sailed out of Swansea on many occasions until being retired from service in 1967. She was scrapped in Belgium the following year.
 

The paddle steamer Britannia. Built in 1896, she was requisitioned for war service in both World Wars, firstly as HMS Briton, and then as HMS Skiddaw.Considered the flagshipof the White Funnel fleet, Britannia visited Swansea on several occasions in the early to mid 1950s,and was broken up at Newport in 1956.
 

The Britannia leaving Swansea for Ilfracombe in 1953. She acquired her second funnel in 1948 when a double-ended boiler was fitted.
 

The Empress Queen, pictured leaving Swansea in 1947, was not a paddle steamer but a twin-screw
 steam turbine ship built for Campbells in 1939 and almost immediately requisitioned for war service as HMS Queen Eagle. After the war she worked mainly in the Bristol Channel until sold to Greek owners in 1955 and renamed Philippos. She was destroyed by fire in 1972.
 

Balmoral.

Built in 1949 by J I Thorneycroft of Southampton, the Balmoral is a former Red Funnel Isle of Wight ferry acquired by Townsend Car Ferries in 1969 for P & A Campbell’s operations in the Bristol Channel. After providing regular summer excursions out of Swansea from 1970 to 1980 when the service was withdrawn, the Balmoral returned in 1984 under the auspices of the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society to provide the seasonal trips to
 Lundy and Ilfracombe which continue to the present day.
 

Waverley
Waverley returning from Ilfracombe  
   ( More photos of the Waverley in the Dry Dock Section )