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Paddle Steamer Barry: 1907 - 2017
110 Years.
The Barry Railway Co. entered into the pleasure paddle steamer business operating from Barry Pier in 1905, with the steamers, Devonia, Barry, Westonia and Gwalia. The company provided serious competition for P & A Campbell's White Funnel Fleet until 1911, when the latter company bought out the Barry Company, taking its three remaining ships into the White Funnell Fleet.
1914: By the end of that summer, all excursion sailings were cancelled and on 30th September two P & A Campbell paddle steamers, the Devonia and Brighton Queen, had been called up for military service. They were followed by the Cambria, Westward Ho, Glen Avon and Lady Ismay in December, Britannia and the new Glen Usk in February 1915 and Ravenswood, Albion, and Barry (later to be called Waverley) that July.
WW1 & WW2: PS Barry was launched on 4th May 1907 by John Brown at Clydebank, compound diagonal steam engines, 225.5 ft x 26.6 ft, 471 grt.
Built for the Barry Railway Co. for the Bristol Channel excursion trade. In 1910 she passed to the Bristol Channel Passenger Boats Ltd and in 1911 she was owned by Campbell.
Built for the Barry Railway Co. for the Bristol Channel excursion trade. In 1910 she passed to the Bristol Channel Passenger Boats Ltd and in 1911 she was owned by Campbell.
She was requisitioned in WWI and based in Salonika, Greece and took part in the Gallipoli landings.
In 1920, she was refitted by her builders and in 1926 she was renamed Waverley for the Brighton station replacing Ravenswood.
She became HMS Snaefell in WWII and was sent to the Tyne, attended Dunkirk where she was involved in the rescue of her grounded stablemate Glen Gower.
Snaefell was finally sunk in a bombing raid off Sunderland on July 5th, 1941.
110 Years - Paddle Steamer Barry: 1907 - 2017
110 Years.
The Barry Railway Co. entered into the pleasure paddle steamer business operating from Barry Pier in 1905, with the steamers, Devonia, Barry, Westonia and Gwalia. The company provided serious competition for P & A Campbell's White Funnel Fleet until 1911, when the latter company bought out the Barry Company, taking its three remaining ships into the White Funnell Fleet.
1914: By the end of that summer, all excursion sailings were cancelled and on 30th September two P & A Campbell paddle steamers, the Devonia and Brighton Queen, had been called up for military service. They were followed by the Cambria, Westward Ho, Glen Avon and Lady Ismay in December, Britannia and the new Glen Usk in February 1915 and Ravenswood, Albion, and Barry (later to be called Waverley) that July.
WW1 & WW2: PS Barry was launched on 4th May 1907 by John Brown at Clydebank, compound diagonal steam engines, 225.5 ft x 26.6 ft, 471 grt.
Built for the Barry Railway Co. for the Bristol Channel excursion trade. In 1910 she passed to the Bristol Channel Passenger Boats Ltd and in 1911 she was owned by Campbell.
Built for the Barry Railway Co. for the Bristol Channel excursion trade. In 1910 she passed to the Bristol Channel Passenger Boats Ltd and in 1911 she was owned by Campbell.
She was requisitioned in WWI and based in Salonika, Greece and took part in the Gallipoli landings.
In 1920, she was refitted by her builders and in 1926 she was renamed Waverley for the Brighton station replacing Ravenswood.
She became HMS Snaefell in WWII and was sent to the Tyne, attended Dunkirk where she was involved in the rescue of her grounded stablemate Glen Gower.
Snaefell was finally sunk in a bombing raid off Sunderland on July 5th, 1941.
110 Years - Paddle Steamer Barry: 1907 - 2017