14/09/2026
The icon Dorset Cruises Dorset Queen will be featured in our 2027 brochure. Why not take a look at her incredible history and discover why you will be stepping aboard a truly remarkable lady!
🍰 Afternoon High Tea – sit back and enjoy homemade sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and jam, cakes and Dorset Tea, all while cruising around Poole Harbour. A glass of Prosecco is also included!
🐟 Fish & Chip Cruise – enjoy a delicious fish and chip meal on board while cruising around Poole’s beautiful islands, with the opportunity, weather permitting, to head out into Poole Bay towards the spectacular Jurassic Coast.
🌊 Scenic Harbour Cruises – take in the sights of Brownsea Island, Sandbanks, Parkstone Bay and the beautiful coastline, while enjoying the atmosphere aboard this unique historic vessel.
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If these decks could talk, the stories they would tell ⚓️
Long before hosting Afternoon High Teas and harbour cruises, Dorset Queen began life in 1938 as the Gay Queen, cruising the Kyles of Bute and Loch Striven. Just two years later, the Royal Navy came calling; requisitioned for wartime service in 1940, she is believed to have taken part in the historic Dunkirk rescue missions.
Over the decades, she has served naval bases and ferried passengers across the UK under three different names (Gay Queen, Alice Marie & Queen of the Fal), before finally finding her forever home right here on Poole Quay as the Dorset Queen in 2008.
Want to find out more about the history of our stunning vintage motor yacht? Head to dorsetcruises.co.uk/dorset-queen-history/