The 'Cardiff Queen' of 1947 steaming her way up the Avon gorge in this heritage photograph from the Penarth Dock Collection. Her home port of registry was Bristol which was the headquarters of P. & A. Campbell until they relocated to Cardiff. [001] [477]

'Cardiff Queen' approaching Barry harbour. She is my favourite paddle steamer of all time but how I wish that P. & A. Campbell had kept the traditional half-crescent paddle box instead of the rectangular problematic one you see here! Overriding this, however, oh, how I wish she had been preserved!! [001] [477]

'Cardiff Queen' in dry dock, probably at Hill's yard, Bristol. This image is the copyright of Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives and my thanks to them for their assistance in this Penarth Dock history project. [379]

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