PS Thames (1868)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | 1868-1913: PS Thames |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | Bowdler, Chaffer and Company, Liverpool. |
| Launched | 1868 |
| Out of service | 1913 |
| Fate | Withdrawn |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 125 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 106 feet (32 m) |
| Beam | 20 feet (6.1 m) |
| Draught | 8.5 feet (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engines by Fawcett, Preston and Company |
PS Thames was a passenger vessel built for the London and North Western Railway in 1868.[1]
History
PS Thames was built by Bowdler, Chaffer and Company, Liverpool and launched in 1868. She was used for services on the River Mersey.
In 1879 she was acquired by the Great Western Railway where she was used as a tender at Plymouth.[2]
In 1882 she was acquired by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. In 1912 she was then owned by the Midland Railway and withdrawn in 1913.
References
- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ Kittridge, Alan (1993). Plymouth – Ocean Liner Port of Call. Truro: Twelveheads Press. ISBN 0-906294-30-4.
Categories:
- 1868 ships
- Passenger ships of the United Kingdom
- Steamships of the United Kingdom
- Ships built on the River Tyne
- Ships of the London and North Western Railway
- Ships of the Great Western Railway
- Ships of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
- Ships of the Midland Railway
- Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom