Waverley

SUCCESSFUL SEASON FOR WAVERLEY

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Mark Lancaster

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September 23, 2021

London & North Eastern Railway-built PS Waverley, steamed successfully throughout her 2021 season to return a modest profit after 50,000 passengers enjoyed a range of traditional, Clyde, railway-steamer cruises to destinations as far apart as Campbeltown, Tarbert and Glasgow. Waverley Excursions general manager, Paul Semple, said: “Thanks to a great public response, good weather and…
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Waverley back in steam on the Clyde for the first time in 22 months

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Hugh Dougherty

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August 17, 2020

PS Waverley, the LNER-built last sea-going paddle steamer in the world, steamed down the Clyde for the first time in 22 months, on Thursday 13 August, when she set out from Greenock’s Custom House Quay for the first day of sea trails after her new boilers being fitted by the Inverclyde town’s Dales Marine Services.…
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Waverley 2020 season an ‘open question’

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Shannon Butcher

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April 24, 2020

Whether PS Waverley sails again in 2020 remains an ‘open question’, according to Paul Little, Waverley Excursions general manager. Not only has the impact of social distancing slowed the fitting out of the ship’s boiler room, where its two, new, Cochran-built boilers were installed at the start of April, but the charity is awaiting further…
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