PS Waverley in St Ives Bay 1994

The Clyde paddlesteamer battling into St Ives Bay in the teeth of a gale in 1994. She was sheltering en route to Portsmouth to join the D-Day 50th anniversary commemoration fleet review on 5th June 1994. She made it in time to join the fleet which included these vessels: Queen Elizabeth II, USS George Washington, Vistafjord, Jeremiah O'Brian, USS Guarn, Seabourn Pride, Silver Cloud, HMS Fearless, HMS Illustrious, Canberra, USTV State of Maine, RFA Sir Percivale, Kristina Regina, HMS Ursula, FS Loire, FS Croix du Sud, FS Clio, HMS Hurworth, HMS Sandown, HMS Spey, HMAV Ardennes, TS Royalist, Brocklebank, TS Navigator, ML 293, Emest Brown, Balmoral, Destiny and Shieldhall.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• cornwall
• waverley
• storm
• ives
• paddlesteamer

[JimTLonW6]

Great that you've put this awesome video on here, I found it years ago somewhere then lost it again! I don't think I'd have liked to have been on board in those conditions! Certainly not on deck like the guy around 3:52 and beyond!

I believe this was a positioning move, not a revenue trip?

[zuke100]

@JimTLonW6

You're right, Jim - I've added a bit more to the description to explain why she was there.

[james2skye]

i bet she handles like a pig in that weather, but i still say the captain and the bridge crew are the best there is! any other ship in the sea must be easier to maneuvre than a paddle steamer.when you see her move off from a pier, the crew work like clockwork. lots of things to think about then navigating waverley. lovely girl!!!

[Cheekylittlemonkey81]

Last time she visited Swanage, pulling up to the pier was so smooth it was like a train pulling into the platform! Top crew, Top Steamer!

[clydeferries]

I thought they got some good marine forecasts even back then. I would never had taken out this unique heritage steamer.

[thejamesieboy]

@Ecosse821

[Ecosse821]

@thejamesieboy Gosh, you're right! I was thinking of the Jeanie Deans, which WAS built at Fairfield's, but before my Grandad's tenure there. He was at John Brown's in Clydebank when Jeanie Deans was built.

[thejamesieboy]

@Ecosse821 Sorry to tell you but she was a "north bank" steamer built at A & J Inglis point house yard at the river Kelvin (where the new transport museum will be.

[thejamesieboy]

@Ecosse821 Sorry to tell you but Waverley was built on the north bank, at A&J inglis point house yard

[james2skye]

apparently that was the norm in the 70 s with clyde paddlers.considering the number of pier s she lands at each season, in some awful weather, id say its out of their hands sometimes.

still think her bridge and engineroom crew are amongst the best and most talented their is!!

THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE HELPING TO SECURE HER FUTURE!!

[TheFsxdude]

shame it crashed yesterday at largs peir