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. 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 its vessels were transferred to Plymouth Boat Cruises. In 2005 the company was taken over by Sound Cruising .Kittridge,A. ''Steamers & Ferries of the River Tamar & Three Towns District'', Twelveheads Press, 2003

Fleet List

The 1985 Reshuffle

In 1985

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- owners of the Millbrook Steamboat & Trading Co Ltd decided to withdraw from the River Tamar, mainly due to competition with Plymouth Boat Cruises. The

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was taken over by a new operator: Tamar Cruising / Cremyll Ferry. Some vessels eventually were sold to G.H. Riddalls and Sons. In the process of all of these changes the fleets of all five companies underwent many changes, which are listed below {, class="wikitable" , - !Name !Pre-'85 Operator !Post-'85 Operator !'87 Situation !Notes , - , MV Plymouth Princess , style= "background:orange; color:black", Plymouth Boat Cruises , style= "background:orange; color:black", Plymouth Boat Cruises , style= "background:orange; color:black", Plymouth Boat Cruises , , - , MV Plymouth Venturer , style= "background:orange; color:black", Plymouth Boat Cruises , style= "background:orange; color:black", Plymouth Boat Cruises , style= "background:orange; color:black", Plymouth Boat Cruises , , - , MV Totnes Castle , style= "background:yellow; color:black", Dart Pleasure Craft , style= "background:orange; color:black", Plymouth Boat Cruises , style= "background:orange; color:black", Plymouth Boat Cruises , , - , MV My Queen , style= "background:yellow; color:black", Dart Pleasure Craft , style= "background:orange; color:black", Plymouth Boat Cruises , style= "background:red; color:black", GH Riddalls , , - , MV Queen Boadicea II , style= "background:yellow; color:black", Dart Pleasure Craft , style= "background:navy; color:white", Tamar Cruising , style= "background:navy; color:white", Tamar Cruising , , - ,

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MV Dartmouth Castle MV ''Dartmouth Castle'' is a passenger ship operating on the River Dart for the Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Company. She is listed on the National Register of Historic Ships Design Original design MV ''Dartmouth Castle'' was built ...

, style= "background:yellow; color:black", Dart Pleasure Craft , style= "background:yellow; color:black", Dart Pleasure Craft , style= "background:yellow; color:black", Dart Pleasure Craft , Spent some time operating for Millbrook Steamboat & Trading Co. , - ,

MV Western Belle The MV ''Western Belle'' is a twin screw passenger vessel. She is owned by Ullswater 'Steamers', who refitted her and launched her on Ullswater in Autumn 2010.Irish Sea Shipping News, History Built in 1935 by Fellows & Co of Great Yarmouth i ...

MV Cardiff Castle The MV ''Cardiff Castle'' is a twin screw passenger vessel, operating on the River Dart in South Devon, UK, mainly on the cruise / ferry route between Dartmouth and Totnes, but also on circular cruises from Dartmouth, for Dart Pleasure Craft L ...

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, , , style= "background:navy; color:white", Tamar Cruising , Built 1987 , - ,

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