The Queen Margaret was one of the only two British ships ever to carry three skysails and her reputation for speed, grace, and good treatment of crews was legendary among seafarers.
When she left Barry docks in July 1912 with a cargo of coal for…
Ald. Richard Matthews, the Mayor of Penzance, is presented to the Queen Mother by Sir Edward Bolitho in April 1962, on her arrival at Penzance railway station. With the Mayor is the Mayoress, the Deputy Mayor and Mayoress, Councillor and Mrs Sam Peak…