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PS Kingswear Castle - A Personal Tribute (Paperback)
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PS Kingswear Castle - A Personal Tribute (Paperback)
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Kingswear Castle is one of a number of smaller paddle steamers
built in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to provide
transport and excursions along some of Britain's most beautiful
rivers. One of three identical sisters, she was the last to be
built for service on the River Dart and also the last to be
withdrawn, ending her first career in September 1965. Fortunately,
she did not follow other paddle steamers into the scrapyard but
lingered on, first on the Isle of Wight and then on the Medway,
where a sort of restoration began, which culminated in her return
to full passenger service in 1985. Written by John Megoran, her
manager and captain during the Medway and Thames years, this book
chronicles Kingswear Castle's story - including how revenue from
her new operational life sailing in an area bounded by Putney,
London, Southend, Whitstable, Herne Bay, Chatham and Aylesford,
plus grants and donations, financed further major restoration,
including the provision of a new coal-fired boiler, sponsons,
paddle boxes, fiddley, decks, hull re-plating and much more.
Returned to her old home waters in 2013, Kingswear Castle now
offers a new generation the joys and delights of sailing on the
River Dart aboard a traditional steamship.
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