Casgliadau Arlein

"Timetable for August 12th-21st 1933, for sailings from Cardiff & Penarth by Saloon Steamers of the White Funnel Fleet." Blue print on white paper, picture of steamer at top left, timetable for each day set out in block from top to bottom.

P.S. BRITANNIA. Built in 1896 by S. McKnight & Co., Aire. She was renamed HMS Briton during World War I and HMS Skiddaw during World War 2. (1896-1956).

P.S. CAMBRIA was renamed HMS Cambridge during the course of World War I and HMS Plinlimmon during World War II. (1895-1946).

The P.S. DEVONIA was launched on 22 March 1905 by John Brown at Clydebank. Engines - Compound diagonal 34.5 and 71 in x 60 in. Dimensions : 245 ft x 29 ft. Gross Registered Tonnes 641. She was built for the Barry Railway Co. Ltd. She was bought by P. & A. Campbell in 1911, after they had succeeded in forcing the rival Barry company out of business. During the First World War she became H.M.S. DEVONIA and served as a minesweeper on the East Coast. She was assigned to the South Coast when Campbells returned to that station in 1923, remaining there until 1932. She then served on the Bristol Channel until being laid up in 1939, when she was reconditioned for use as a minesweeper and sent to eastern Scotland. Attended the Dunkirk evacuation, but was abandoned on the French coast on 31 May 1940 under heavy fire from enemy aircraft, though unfounded rumours persisted for many years that she had been salvaged and put into service on the River Elbe.

1922-1960. Glen Gower was renamed HMS Glenmore in June 1941 and taken into service for World War II.

P.S. GLEN USK. Built 1914.

P.S. RAVENSWOOD (1891-1955). She became H.M.S. Ringtail from Sept 1943 to April 1944 when she was taken into service during World War II.