Motor
Vessel Balmoral
Updated 29 June 2016
Motor Vessel Balmoral is now owned by the MV Balmoral Fund Limited. She
re-entered service with her new owners on 19 June 2015. Balmoral at anchor in the Sound of Iona, 1 May 2000. Image by Stuart Cameron |
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M.V. Balmoral is a classic passenger ship built in 1949 and
sailed around the coasts of England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the
Isle of Man every year from 1985 to 2012.
She was operated during this period by Waverley Excursion Ltd in support
of Paddle Steamer Waverley. Subsequently she has been laid up in Bristol
City Docks, latterly under the care of the M.V. Balmoral Fund Limited. Ownership was formally transferred from
Waverley Steam Navigation Co Ltd to MVBFL on 25 March 2015. For full details of the latest news visit the
MV
Balmoral Fund Limited web site or White
Funnel Ltd web site.
This unofficial Paddle Steamer Waverley web site is maintained by Martin Longhurst martin.longhurst@zoho.eu . Please note that all enquiries regarding all business matters must be addressed to MV Balmoral Fund Limited. by post, phone, fax or email.
The views expressed on this site are not necessarily those of Waverley Excursions Limited, MV Balmoral Fund Limited, White Funnel Limited or the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society.
Balmoral Blurb
Articles about the ship and her sailings
From the Purser's Office - July 2012
From the Purser's Office - June 2012
The 2011 Purser's Tale – Part 2
The 2011 Purser's Tale – Part 1
The 2010 Purser's Tale - Part 4
The 2010 Purser's Tale - Part 3
The 2010 Purser's Tale - Part 2
The 2010 Purser's Tale - Part 1
Visit to the Republic of Ireland
Balmoral Draw Prize Winners 2006
Setting sail for the start of the Season
Regeneration Year 2 - 3 May 2004
Regeneration Year 2 - 28 April 2004
Regeneration Year 2 - 16 April 2004
Regeneration Year 2 - 14 April 2004
Regeneration Year 2 - 3 April 2004
Regeneration Year 2 - 20 & 24 March 2004
Regeneration Year 2 - 16 March 2004
Regeneration Year 2 - 5 March 2004
Regeneration Year 2 - 18 February 2004
Regeneration Year 2 - 7 February 2004
Regeneration Year 2 - 31 January 2004
Balmoral Sails to Sharpness 9 January 2004
Sailing Reports 28 & 29 June 2003
Balmoral re-opens Southwold Pier
Balmoral Regeneration Project
Articles about the 2002 Season
Sailings in 2001
Balmoral becomes a MacBrayne 'Steamer'
Sailings in 2000
Down the Thames from Tower Pier, 9 July 2000
Cruise to view P&O's Aurora 18 June 2000
Fort William, the Four Lochs and Corryvreckan
Through the Small Isles to Canna
Round the Mull to the Hebrides
Through the Kyles to Tighnabruaich
First Glasgow Sailing of 21st Century
Tall Ships Cruise 16 April 2000
Balmoral returns to Service 11 April 2000
Refit Pictures
Pictures of Balmoral in Dry Dock at Sharpness
Sailings in 1999
Eclipse Report - Cruise to Totality (Non-landing) - 11 August 1999
Report on Balmoral's First Cruises of the 1999 Season