Duchess of Cornwall – St Mawes Passenger Ferry
The Duchess of Cornwall was launched in the summer of 2008, and was subsequently christened by her namesake, Camilla. She is the first wooden passenger Ferry to be built in living memory and is now successfully operating in the role for which she was built – as part of a service that takes carries passengers between Falmouth and St Mawes, every half hour or so 364 days a year.
- Diary 11 - Plans for the officially naming the new St Mawes Ferry
- Diary 10 - The sea trials
- Diary 09 - The launch
- Diary 08 - The fitting out and finishing
- Diary 07 - The systems
- Diary 06 - The wheelhouse and superstructure
- Diary 05 - Laying the deck
- Diary 04 - Planking the ferry
- Diary 03 - Laying the keel
- Diary 02 - Lofting out
- Diary 01 - The design
Click on an image below to see examples of the build in progress.
Computer model of the new St.Mawes Passenger Ferry.
Team that built the new St Mawes Ferry
Moved from the shed for the final time.
Dave Cockwell moves the ferry on to the slip for the launching.
The new St Mawes ferry on the slip at Cockwells.
Bow of the new St Mawes Ferry.
St Mawes Ferry being launched for the first time.
Wheelhouse of the new St Mawes ferry.
The new St Mawes ferry with her sister ship ' Queen of Falmouth'.