Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
P.S. GLEN USK, photograph
Refitting in Charles Hill Yard Bristol after war service. Glen Usk in the centre, Glen Gower in dry dock, left, and Bristol Queen under construction, right. 10th May 1946
P.S. GLEN USK. Built 1914.
1922-1960. Glen Gower was renamed HMS Glenmore in June 1941 and taken into service for World War II.
P.S. BRISTOL QUEEN. Built 1946 by Charles Hill & Sons Ltd., Bristol (with triple-expansion engine by Rankin & Blackmore Ltd), for P. & A. Campbell Ltd. She was the largest paddle steamer built for the company. 1959 – Laid up at Penarth for two years, she returned to service in the Spring of 1961. In August 1967, she hit a submerged object off the coast at Barry, and damaged her starboard paddle wheel. She was taken out of service three days later, and laid up at Cardiff. Despite attempts to preserve the vessel, she was towed to Ostend in March 1968 and broken up.