PS Duchess of Edinburgh (1880)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | J & G Thompson, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 181 |
| Launched | 23 June 1880 |
| Out of service | November 1907 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 969 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 278.75 feet (84.96 m) |
| Beam | 29.6 feet (9.0 m) |
| Draught | 14 feet (4.3 m) |
The PS Duchess of Edinburgh was a passenger vessel built for the South Eastern Railway Company in 1880.[1]
History
PS Duchess of Edinburgh was built by J & G Thomson Clydebank for the South Eastern Railway. She was launched on 23 June 1880.[2]
She entered service but failed to reach her contracted design speed, and was returned to the builders. She re-entered service in May 1881 but broke a paddle wheel after only 5 days and was returned to the builders again. After being laid up at Folkestone and later Sheerness she was purchased by the Barrow Steam Navigation Company. She was renamed Manx Queen in 1887.
She was sold to the Midland Railway in 1905[3] and disposed of in 1907.
References
- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|dead-url=and|subscription=(help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "A new channel steamer". Derby Daily Telegraph. Derby. 23 July 1880. Retrieved 17 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets-Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. p. 118. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.
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