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PS Hercules (1838)

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History
Name1838–1862: PS Hercules
Owner
Operator
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderMottishead and Hayes
Launched1838
Out of service1862
FateScrapped 1862
General characteristics
Tonnage265 gross register tons (GRT)
Length147.6 ft (45.0 m)
Beam25.9 ft (7.9 m)
Draught15.1 ft (4.6 m)
The Queen (Victoria) on the Clyde - the arrival of the Royal Squadron in the Clyde off Greenock, August 1847 - The Hercules is on the far left of the image

PS Hercules was a paddle steamer vessel operated by the St. George Steam Packet Company from 1836, and then the Chester and Holyhead Railway from 1853 to 1859 and the London and North Western Railway from 1859 to 1862.[1]

History

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She was built in Liverpool for the St. George Steam Packet Company in 1838.[2]

When acquired by the London and North Western Railway in 1859 she was something of a stop-gap until new ships could be built.

She was scrapped in 1862.

References

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  1. ^ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
  2. ^ Army and navy chronicle, Volume 1. Benjamin Homans