Millbrook Steamboat & Trading Co Ltd

The Millbrook Steamboat & Trading Company was a ferry operator on the River Tamar in South Devon. It was started in 1894, and initially operated a fery route from Millbrook in Cornwall to Plymouth. It expanded, and eventually became the largest river boat operator in the Plymouth area, until its eventual demise in 1985. .[1]

Fleet List

Name Built Company Service Notes
SS Despatch 1884 1894 - 1900?
SS Cornubia 1895 1895 - 1921 Used almost entirely on the Millbrook ferry
SS Devonia 1896 1896 - 1918? Excursion Steamer, sometimes used on Millbrook ferry
PS Britannia 1900 1900 - 1937 Excursion & Ferry services
SS Iolanthe 1887 1900 - 1909?
PS Hibernia 1903 1903 - 1928 Excursion Steamer
PS Brunel 1905 1909 - 1916 Excursion Steamer, Originally from Thames service
MV Manna / Devon Belle 1922 1927 - 1979 River excursions. Renamed Devon Belle 1936
MV Lady Elizabeth 1924 1930 - 1979 various services
PS Whitsand Castle 1903 1932 - 1935 Unsuccessful Millbrook Ferry service
MV Tamar Belle 1927 1932?- 1959 Millbrook & Cremyll Ferry
MV Western Belle 1935 1935 - 1985 River and Coastal Excursions
MV Southern Belle 1925 1946 - 1985 River Excursions
MV Northern Belle 1926 1946 - 1985 Cremyll Ferry
MV Eastern Belle 1946 1957 - 1985 River excursions
MV Plymouth Belle 1961 1961 - 1985 Cawsand Ferry
MV Dartmouth Castle 1948 1975 - 1977 Returned to Plymouth from time to time between 1980 and 1985
MV Cardiff Castle 1964 1977 - 1985 Occasionally returned to Plymouth after 1977
Edgecumbe Belle 1959 1979 - 1985 Cremyll & Drakes Island Ferry
MV Queen Boadicea II 1936 1980?- 1985 Drakes Island Ferry
  1. ↑ Kittridge,A. Steamers & Ferries of the River Tamar & Three Towns District, Twelveheads Press, 2003