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Looking over the harbour. The two Isles of Scilly vessels ready for the summer season. Gry Maritha has a slightly different paint job. April 2011

This photo of the Dry Dock with the tide high was taken at the time of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. The new Scillonian had only just been put into service, I think since I have a photo taken a little while later in June which shows Scillonian II and Scillonian III going in opposite directions...

A lovely summers afternoon at Penzance Harbour, with the Scillonian III in dock and St. Michael's Mount in the hazy distance.

RMV Scillonian in Harbour Penzance - postcard franked 1961

The Scillonian is in for her winter service. 1991

Scillonian III. She is not only a lifeline to the Isles of Scilly, she is a reason for travelling to Penzance, generating life and income to the area. Not only that but her graceful lines as she crosses the bay add pleasure and interest; this Bay is alive.

RMV Scillonian III returning from the Isles of Scilly, with St Michael's Mount as a backdrop, to the right the lighthouse, built in 1855, a cast iron column made by Sandys Vivian and Co, Copperhouse.