Name Compton Castle

COMPTON CASTLE was built in 1914 by Cox & Co. of Falmouth, and completed in 1914 for the River Dart Steamboat Co. She was the first Dart steamer to have wide, extended decks over the elongated sponsons and an elevated deck over the aft well deck, and had an open navigating platform, which was enclosed as a wheelhouse in the 1920s. In the Second World War, she was requisitioned as a naval ammunition carrier on the River Dart. Her peacetime sailings on the Dart resumed in 1947 and continued until 1962. In 1964 she was sold to Baume & Woods of Kingsbridge and restored for use as a teashop and museum. Later, after a change in ownership, she was moved to Truro for use as a floating restaurant. Source: Paul Brown, Historic Ships The Survivors (Amberley, 2010), updated March 2011.

Update March 2024: The vessel is likely to be disposed after sinking at its moorings in May 2023.