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