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PS Ocean (1836)

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History
Name1836-1862: PS Ocean
Owner
Operator
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderMottishead and Hayes,Liverpool.
Launched1836
Out of service1862
General characteristics
Tonnage507 gross register tons (GRT)
Length154.7 ft (47.2 m)
Beam22.6 ft (6.9 m)
Draught15.4 ft (4.7 m)
Speed16 knots

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

History

She was built in Liverpool by Mottishead and Hayes for the St. George Steam Packet Company in 1836.[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

  1. ^ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
  2. ^ Haws,Duncan (1993); Merchant Fleets- Britain's Railway Steamers - North Western & Eastern Companies + Zeeland and Stena ; Hereford ,TCL Publications ; P.6 ;ISBN 0-946378-22-3