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What's in a name! 'Coral Star' was the name adopted by one John L Baugh for his series of pleasure boats adapted to carry passengers around Torbay in South Devon, England, UK. The name was prominent at Paignton Harbour shortly after WW2 until the mid 1990's. 
   

There were four boats in the series and broadly they operated within the table below

Boat From (year) To (year) Passengers Engine
Coral Star 1950 1960 36 1 x 40HP Russel Newbury
Coral Star II 1961 1973 59 1 x 90HP Cummings Diesel
Coral Star III 1974 1979 100 2 x 300HP GM 2 Stroke Diesels
Coral Star IV 1980 1997 60? 1 x 128HP Gardiner 6lxb