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Port stern view of P.S. CARDIFF QUEEN leaving Cardiff Docks.

The Cardiff Queen was one of two similar paddle steamers ordered by P. & A. Campbell after the Second World War. Built at Govan in 1947, this 765 gross ton vessel was a little smaller than her sister Bristol Queen, built at Bristol in 1946. In this 1962 view, the Cardiff Queen is seen getting under way from the landing stages at the Pierhead. Withdrawn from service in 1966, she was eventually cut up at Newport in 1968.

Source: Shipping at Cardiff: Photographs from the Hansen Collection 1920-1975 by David Jenkins, 1993.

CARDIFF QUEEN. Built 1947 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan, the last paddle steamer to be built for P & A Campbell Ltd. 1966 – Laid up at Cardiff Docks, and put on the sales list. 1968 – Sold to Critchcraft Ltd., Chepstow. It was intended to use her as a floating nightclub at Newport, and was moored at Mill Parade Wharf in February. The tidal range, however, proved obstructive, and after an expensive recovery operation, the vessel was sold to John Cashmore Ltd in the April, to be broken up further upstream. (Source: “Bristol Channel Pleasure Steamers” - Robert Wall)