PS Bristol Queen (1946)

Bristol Queen in the Camel Estuary in August 1965
History
Name:	1946-1968:Bristol Queen
Operator:	1946-1968:P and A Campbell, Bristol
Port of registry:	Bristol (Later Cardiff)
Route:	Bristol - Ilfracombe
Builder:	Charles Hill & Sons
Launched:	4 April 1946
Completed:	September 1946
In service:	24 September 1946
Out of service:	26 August 1967
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:	961 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	258.7 feet (78.9 m)
Beam:	31.2 feet (9.5 m)
Propulsion:	Rankin and Blackmore triple expansion three crank diagonal engines

PS Bristol Queen was a passenger excursion vessel built for P & A Campbell in 1946.

She was built in 1946 by Charles Hill & Sons in Bristol, and launched on 4 April 1946, by the Lady Mayoress of Bristol, Mrs J. Owen, with a bottle of Bristol Cream sherry Her engines were made by Rankin & Blackmore Greenock Engine No 519 (builders of PS Waverley's Engine..

She was built as a replacement for P & A Campbell ships lost during the Second World War, and operated pleasure cruises in the Bristol Channel, often to Ilfracombe.

On 20 August 1966, she hit Penarth Pier damaging the pier head.

She was taken out of service after an accident to a paddle wheel on 26 August 1967 and was scrapped the following year.