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The West Cornwall Steam Ship Company was established in 1870 to operate ferry services between Penzance, Cornwall, and the Isles of Scilly. It became the West Cornwall Steamship Company in 1907 and was wound up in 1917. ==History== The company was formed on 5 February 1870, principally by the shareholders in the West Cornwall Railway. The following year it took over the "Little Western" from the Scilly Isles Steam Navigation Company which had been operating on the route since 1858. An advertisement in The Cornishman newspaper on 25 July 1878 gives the timetable for the Royal Mail Steamers ''Queen of the Bay'' and the ''Lady of the Isles''. Depending on ″wind and other circumstances″ there were sailings from Penzance to Scilly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 11:15 am and from Scilly to Penzance on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 09:30 am. Fares were 7s (£}} in ), for the saloon (10s 6d (£}} in ) return) and fore-cabin 5s (£}} in ) (7s 6d (£}} in ) return). The sailings for the 1878/79 winter service was Penzance for Scilly on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11:15 am, and leaving Scilly on Mondays and Thursdays at 9:30 am. Following financial problems the company was acquired by John Banfield who set up the West Cornwall Steamship Company in 1907. He already operated two steam launches around the islands, ''Seagull'' and ''Siva'', to which he added a 120-ton sailing ship, the ''Golden Light''. The company sold the remaining ferry operating to Penzance and was wound up in 1917. Steam services to the islands were hastily arranged by the Government chartering the ''Lapwing'' from a Clyde operator until a new Isles of Scilly Steamship Company could take over in 1920. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「West Cornwall Steam Ship Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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