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Title: OTD - 26th August 1967 - Bristol Queen breaks a paddle wheel Post by: grahame on August 26, 2022, 21:32:24 Beautiful ship - see http://paddlesteamers.info/BristolQueen.htm
Quote Campbell's largest paddler was ordered from the Bristol yard of Charles Hill, despite the company's inexperience with paddlers Fitted from the outset with oil-fired boilers requiring two funnels Large deck shelters fore and aft on the promenade deck ensured that modern comforts were incorporated into the new vessel Undertook trials on September 7th 1946 The economics of the business led to Bristol Queen being laid up in 1959 and 1960 Damage to a paddle wheel on August 26th 1967 was the final death knell for Bristol Queen Despite desperate attempts to find some static use for Bristol Queen, she was sent to the breakers in 1968. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |