Operator Jersey Maritime Services.
Builder Stockton Construction Co. Ltd., Thornaby-
Tonnage 1947 259grt 163nrt
1948 276grt 175nrt
Dimensions 146.9(rl) 22.5 10.0
Propulsion Twin screw, 12 cyl Paxman Ricardo, oil engines 300NHP 500bhp
14kts
The vessel came to Jersey in 1947 in a bold move to provide marine excursions in the Channel Islands area. She was not exactly the right vessel for the job with very limited covered accommodation and not being very fast.
She had started life as LCG(M) 195 (Landing Craft Gums (Medium), a wartime built landing craft with a fixed bow on which was mounted a large gun, the craft being designed to be run ashore on an invasion beach and used to bombard shore battlements.(gun emplacements)
After the War these craft were seen as a quick replacement for the pleasure steamer which had been lost during hostilities and this vessel was one of a number purchased by J. Bolson & Son Ltd of Poole for conversion to passenger use by their passenger arm Corson Ltd being registered at that port on August 16 1946 as BOURNEMOUTH SKYLARK No 5.
On March 25 1947 she was sold to The Jersey Fishing & Boating Co. Ltd of St. Helier, Jersey, being renamed DAME DES ILES at a ceremony in Jersey on May 2 and registered in the port. She traded under the banner of Jersey Marine Services, and commenced a network of services from the island but her slow speed, lack of undercover accommodation, and breakdowns resulted in a poor season.
DAME DES ILES returned in 1948, now having a black hull and with a deck saloon having been added forward of the bridge to give more covered accommodation, but this did little to improve the operation and she left Jersey on October 5 that year for lay up at Poole, being placed on the sales list, and her owners went into liquidation.
Her registration was cancelled on April 14 1950 when sold to Iraqi subjects for use at Basra in the Persian Gulf. Without change of name she left Poole on March 28 1950 and after many stops due to engine problems she finally arrived at Basrah on July 2.
She did not feature in any registration publication after this time, but a photo of her taken by a Jerseyman working in the area appeared in the Jersey paper on October 28 1952 with the name DAME DES ILES still on the bows.
Funnel colours were -
Thereon.
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A fine aerial picture of DAME DES ILES shortly after entering service in 1947.
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DAME DES ILES passing La Moye Point, Jersey on July 22 1948, now with a black hull, and the new deck saloon can be seen. 121w
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Leaving St. Helier Harbour. 1948 305w
DEVONIA (II) 1906 -
ISLE OF ALDERNEY 1938 -
Owner Anglo French S.S. Co. Ltd. (O.Dorey & Sons, Mgr)
Guernsey & Alderney Trading Co.
Builder Scott of Kinghorn Ltd., Kinghorn. Yn 127 Comp 9.1906
Tonnage 314grt 136nrt
Dimensions 140.2(rl) 23.1 10.5 Chech lg 148.2(rl)
Propulsion Single screw, SR, 2cyl 16 " & 36" -
Passengers 1906 232 pass 13 crew
1916 180 pass 14 crew
The vessel was built for the passenger / cargo service between Plymouth, the Channel Islands and St. Brieuc, and was able to carry 232 passengers when new.
The ship was registered in Plymouth to the Anglo-
DEVONIA arrived in Plymouth on September 11 1906 and Jersey two days later. She continued on this route until October 26 1917 when she made her last call at Jersey before being sold to the His Majesty (Shipping Controller), her Register being closed on May 1 1918, and she was placed under the management of Glover Bros., 57 Bishopsgate.
There were reports in the press that ship was sent to New Zealand on a “special mission” but this has not been proved, and on November 5 1919 the she was registered as DEVONIA in London to His Majesty ( Shipping Controller). That was cancelled on November 14 when registry was transferred to Glasgow, under the name LOCHIEL. In fact there was a Bill of Sale dated September 25 1919 when the vessel was acquired by David MacBrayne Ltd.
In 1928 ownership passed from David MacBrayne Ltd. to David MacBrayne (1928) Ltd by Bill of Sale dated October 31, and the vessel remained in their service until by a Bill of Sale on October 5 1938 she was acquired by Guernsey & Alderney Trading Co. and renamed ISLE OF ALDERNEY. The vessel was immediately mortgaged to John Frederick Plincke of 49 Leadenhall Street, London.
The vessel arrived St. Peter Port on October 21 1938, having left Glasgow three days earlier, and proceeded to Alderney on October 25 where she was “christened”, and her first trip to Sark was on October 29.
On June 2 1939 the mortgage became joint with Mrs Norah Mary Plincke, who by a Bill of Sale dated April 18 1940 sold the vessel to Crete Sg. Co. Ltd., (Manager Capt. J. A. Leighton) – who also owned the other inter island shipping companies in Guernsey.
The vessel remained in the Plymouth area until October 1941 when she operated around Greenock.
By the end of hostilities, Captain Leighton had died, and thus the vessel was sold, with the Certificate being cancelled on February 26 1946 upon sale to Greek owners S.N. Angelos who renamed the vessel ANNOULA. Almost immediately she passed to Cia Navegacion "Monte Lirio" S.A., Panama, being renamed MONTE LIRIO, a name she retained when purchased in 1948 by Cia Nav. y. de Comercio Dora, S.A.
The end of the vessel came in 1952, when on August 31 the vessel when bunkering at Jeddah suddenly listed to port and had to be beached. The vessel gradually settled further until she was completely submerged.
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DEVONIA Departing Jersey.
Post Card courtesy Mons Henri Chartier. Picture : Coll. E. Hamonic. 48.8k
Vessel passing through the St. Brieuc lock into the Légué bassin.
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Vessel seen as ISLE OF ALDERNEY at the No.4 Berth in St. Peter Port.
Operator Torbay Seaways & Stevedores Ltd. POR Glasgow
Builder Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen. Yn. 910 Comp 4.1964
Tonnage 2,104grt 1,146nrt
Dimensions 235'0" oa 43'6" 9'
71.63m 14.10m
Propulsion Twin screw, 8 cyl Crossley oil engines, 2,401 bhp, 14.5 knots
Passengers 600
Cars 42
3115/10/85 300 pass 42 cars 61 cabins. Could carry 600 pass
DEVONIUN first came to the Islands on 5 December 1985 on a trial run from Torquay having been acquired by John Graham & Maureen Marie Thompson trading as Torbay Seaways & Stevedores Ltd., to provide a carferry service from Torquay to the Islands. Having been refused permission to operate a drive on/off service earlier, the choice of this side loading vessel fulfilled the need. The craft entered service on May 1986, and then maintained a service Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey.
The ship kept her black hull on which was emblazoned Torbay Seaways, but the colour was changed to blue in 1988
On 11 April 1990 it was announced that the service had been acquired by Huelin-
Although no buyer for the service was found, the vessel was sent to Ipswich for lay-
The ship was built in 1964 as HEBRIDES for the Uig – Tarbert – Lochmaddy triangular service of Davin Mac Brayne Ltd, but actually owned by the Secretary of State for Scotland. Launched on 20 November 1963, she ran trials on 5 April 1964, and entered service on 15 April.
With the bringing together of the shipping services of the Clyde area and the Scottish Western Islands, saw ownership of the vessel pass in October 1973 to David Mac Brayne Ltd., and then in April 1974 to Caledonian Mac Brayne Holdings Ltd. The final move came in 1980 when the title was altered to Caledonian Mac Brayne Ltd.
The ship remained in service until 14 November 1985 and then sailed for lay-
Following sale to Falcon the ship first saw service in the Adriatic Sea, operating from Brindisa It is reported that the ship crossed the Atlantic for a service from Kingston in 1998, but she was at Eleusis, Greece on October 11 1999 when she had a fire on board, and had to be placed ashore to stop her sinking. The ship remained there until being sold for breaking up in 2003, arriving at Aliaga on July 31.
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DEVONIUN (II) in her first season, with a black hull 1986
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Outward bound on August 9 1986
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Another taken on August 9 1986.
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Outward bound.
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Pictured departing Torquay.
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In the Small Roads, Jersey, September 3 1988 now with a blue hull.
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Pictured in 1989, with Torquay -
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Now in Huelin-
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Above, also taken on 24 July 1990
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Arriving Jersey September 4 1990 just prior to being withdrawn.
Owner Vicomte le Guales de Mezaubran
Builder Nordsee-
Tonnage 437grt 29nrt
Dimensions 186.5(rl) 24.0 10.7
Propulsion Twin screw, SR, 3cyl 13 " 20 " & 31 " -
DINARD took up the Jersey France service on June 9 1923, at the time Vicomte le Guales de Mezaubran formed France – Jersey Line to take over the routes between Saint Malo and Granville to Jersey following the failure of Trans Insulaire.
The vessel with the exception of the winter 1927/28 only operated only during the summer months, and spent much of the time on the Granville sector, but also made special trips from Binic to bring the French potato diggers for the season.
The service was forced to close in early 1932 following the announcement that Southern
Railways were to again take up the Saint Malo-
The vessel had been built as the German naval vessel M158 in 1919, and was converted into a liner tender for Norddeutscher Lloyd being registered in Bremen as GRILLE, and remained with them until purchased by Vicomte le Guales de Mezaubran.
Following her French service, she was sold to the Colombian Navy in 1933, and was renamed CORDOBA, being classed in 1936 as a Transport and by 1939 a Gunboat. The 1946/47 entry in Janes Fighting Ships states that she is “Presumed lost”.
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DINARD manoaurvering in St. Helier Harbour in about 1927. 357k
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Entering Saint Malo 675k.
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Departing Granville. 325web 750k
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DINARD with a black hull. 335web 730k
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Departing Saint Malo 340web 324k
Below are four postcards which show the vessel calling at Saint Brieuc
to take on board Breton potato diggers bound for Jersey.
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310web 759k
315web 713k
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Passengers 90
The vessel commenced on the Carteret – Gorey service in June 1920, and was one of three vedettes which alternated on the service during the season, the others being PIERROT (12 passengers) and RAFALE 52 tons (100 passengers).
In September 1921 the JERSEY FRANCAIS (75 passengers) was introduced, and it would appear that she and DREAM were used as required.
The last positive report that the vessel was on the route was in 1922, but it would appear she also operated at times during the following year.
The owner also operated an excursion service between Granville and Ile de Chausey, and it was on this route that many post cards appeared depicting the vessel at either place.
It has not been possible to obtain full details and history of the vessel, but one of the post cards is dated March 29 1934 and shows her leaving departing Granville.
Picture : Coll. Vandevelde H. E. Vire
A small part of a post card shows DREAM moored under l’Hotel de la Mer in Carteret. The vessel appears to be painted grey or black which would indicate that she had not yet entered service. 312w 777k
Picture : Laurent-
Three pictures of DREAM departing Granville for Chausey. 301w 761k
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Picture : Laurent-
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DREAM leaving Chausey. 307w 477k