The MV ''Dart Venturer'' is a twin
screw
A screw and a bolt (see '' Differentiation between bolt and screw'' below) are similar types of fastener typically made of metal and characterized by a helical ridge, called a ''male thread'' (external thread). Screws and bolts are used to fa ...
passenger vessel, operating on the
River Dart
The River Dart is a river in Devon, England, that rises high on Dartmoor and flows for to the sea at Dartmouth.
Name
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in
South Devon
South Devon is the southern part of Devon, England. Because Devon has its major population centres on its two coasts, the county is divided informally into North Devon and South Devon.For exampleNorth DevonanSouth Devonnews sites. In a narrower se ...
,
UK, on the cruise /
ferry
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route between
Dartmouth and
Totnes
Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-so ...
, and on circular coastal and river cruises from Dartmouth, for
Dart Pleasure Craft Ltd.
[Boyle, I, http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Dart_Pleasure_Craft.html, Referred 2009]
History
''Plymouth Venturer'' was built in 1982 for
Plymouth Boat Cruises
The Plymouth Boat Cruises was an excursion boat operator on the River Tamar in South Devon. It was started in 1981, in competition with Millbrook Steamboat & Trading Co Ltd. In 1985 the Millbrook company withdrew from the Tamar, and several of i ...
by V. Visick and Sons of
Perranwell, Cornwall. She was built to compete with the
Millbrook Steamboat & Trading Co Ltd, and in design closely resembled the
''Cardiff Castle'' of that fleet, having an open upper deck, main deck with large wheelhouse, and a lower deck with a bar. She joined the
''Plymouth Princess'' in the Plymouth Boat Cruises fleet. The competition was too great for the Millbrook Company, who withdrew from the district in 1985.
[Kittridge,A. ''Steamers & Ferries of the River Tamar & Three Towns District'', Twelveheads Press, 2003] In 2002 she was 'exchanged' with the rather smaller ''
Plymouth Belle'' of
Dart Pleasure Craft Ltd, was renamed ''Dart Venturer'' and took up service on the River Dart.
As of 2020, Dart Venturer primarily works the
Western Lady Ferry between
Torquay
Torquay ( ) is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies south of the county town of Exeter and east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton ...
and
Brixham
Brixham is a coastal town and civil parish, the smallest and southernmost of the three main population centres (the others being Paignton and Torquay) on the coast of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. Commercial fish ...
.
External links
Dart Pleasure Craft Website
References
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1982 ships
Ferries of South West England
River Dart passenger vessels