| OTD - 26th August 1967 - Bristol Queen breaks a paddle wheel Posted by grahame at 21:32, 26th August 2022 |      |
Beautiful ship - see http://paddlesteamers.info/BristolQueen.htm
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.
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.
