MV Plymouth Venturer

The MV Dart Venturer is a twin screw passenger vessel, operating on the River Dart in South Devon, UK, on the cruise / ferry route between Dartmouth and Totnes, and on circular coastal and river cruises from Dartmouth, for Dart Pleasure Craft Ltd.[1] Plymouth Venturer was built in 1982 for Plymouth Boat Cruises by V. Visick and Sons of Perranwell, Cornwall.

She was built to compete with the Millbrook Steamboat & Trading Co Ltd, and in design closely resembled the Cardiff Castle of that fleet, having an open upper deck, main deck with large wheelhouse, and a lower deck with a bar.

The competition was too great for the Millbrook Company, who withdrew from the district in 1985.

[2] In 2002 she was 'exchanged' with the rather smaller Plymouth Belle of Dart Pleasure Craft Ltd, was renamed Dart Venturer and took up service on the River Dart.

[1] As of 2020, Dart Venturer primarily works the Western Lady Ferry between Torquay and Brixham.