[3] The Dartmouth–Kingswear Passenger Ferry is primarily used to link the town of Dartmouth with the railway station on the other side of the River Dart at Kingswear.

It has long been operated by the railway companies, who maintained a 'station' at the Dartmouth side of the river, with no tracks; instead, passengers boarded the ferry to Kingswear, and thence the train towards Paignton.

[5] In 1956, British Rail finally ordered two motor vessels of their own from Blackmore & Sons of Bideford, North Devon.

[7] In 1996 the Adrian Gilbert was again sold to operate on the St Mawes ferry, and was replaced by the MV Kingswear Belle.

[3] Dart Pleasure Craft Ltd is now owned by Dart Valley Railway plc, owners of the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway, so the ownership and operation of the vessel have come full circle, and once again passengers from Dartmouth buy their train tickets to include the ferry to Kingswear.