Travelled on the Queen of the Isles in the mid to late 60s with my Dad and Brother from St Ives to Scilly and it was the first time I had been sea sick! The Queen came in on the spring tide when the harbour was deep enough for its draft and moored alongside Smeatons Pier. Have some pics somewhere which I will dig out for the site. Great site.

Andy,
I found another picture on the site : Coasters remembered.
Here is the picture.
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Best regards,
Jan

A great ship. Sailed on her a couple of times when she was new. Lovely trip from Penzance to St Ives and back.

A shame to see the state that she is in now.

I remember the Queen of the Isles well - I was a boy in Penzance when she was brought into service on the Scillies run. At busy times she ran in conjunction with the Scillonian but the crossing was a notoriously rough one and she had a bit of a reputation as a sick maker!

My first trip to Scilly when I was around ten was on the Queen of the Isles, and I was sick...very sick on the way over. (Trip back was fine)
Turns out I was not alone, and she got a bad reputation as a spew bucket!
I lived in Hayle then, and remember her on South Quay later.
Nice to see all this history though...well done!
GC.

Sad to see her on the beach in the Solomons, it brings back memories of the day she was launched. I was stood between the railway lines and the quay edge on Hotwells Road on the opposite side of the dock to the Albion Yard when she came down the slip.

Sorry itwas Max McGuire

Greetings from bloody cold Switzerland
Was a part time Chef on the Queen of the Isle in 92
Had a great time on Board
Thanks and lots of Greetings

ps. Any body knows where Mark Hopkroft (Hopi) and Derek McQuire are?

what a blast from the past.good to see a site that shows the old girl off;if only we had the time again,some of the best seaman cut their teeth serving on board.loved the antics from the bosons locker.keg were are you?

Thanks for a well researched site. I sailed on the Queen from Cairns to TI return in about October 1992 and it beat any of the upmarket cruises available then or today. I have many photos of that trip if you are interested. Sad to see how she ended up. Does anyone have any information on the fate of the MV Noel Buxton? Prior to the Queen, she sailed the same route and I also did a voyage with her in about 1989. She was a little "downmarket" compared to the Queen. The vibration from her prop shaft would foam a good head on a flat beer.
Cheers