River Dart Steamboat Co

River Dart Steamboat Company Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryTransport
PredecessorDartmouth & Torbay Steam Packet Co. Ltd
FoundedDartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom (1906 (1906))
FounderCharles Seale Hayne
Defunct1976 (1976)
FateRenamed River Dart Boat and Leisure Co. Ltd
SuccessorRiver Dart Boat & Leisure Co. Limited
Headquarters,
Area served
South Devon
ProductsRiver Dart ferry services
ParentEvans & Reid Investment Co Ltd (1952–1976)
SubsidiariesDevon Star Shipping Co Ltd (1961–1964)

The River Dart Steamboat Co Ltd (RDSC) and its predecessors, the Dartmouth Steam Packet Company and the Dartmouth and Torbay Steam Packet Company, were the major ferry and excursion boat operators on the River Dart in South Devon for 120 years, until the company's demise in 1976. The company was famous for its distinctive paddle steamers, which were a familiar sight on the river until the late 1960s.