PS Duchess of Edinburgh (1884)

PS Duchess of Edinburgh was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1884.[1]

History
Name: PS Duchess of Edinburgh
Operator: London and South Western Railway and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Port of registry:
Builder: Aitken and Mansel, Whiteinch
Yard number: 128
Launched: 10 April 1884
Out of service: 1910
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 1,776 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 190.6 feet (58.1 m)
Beam: 26.1 feet (8.0 m)
Depth: 8.8 feet (2.7 m)

History

The ship was built in steel by Aitken and Mansel and launched on 10 April 1884. She was constructed for a joint venture between the London and South Western Railway and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway for the passenger trade to the Isle of Wight. The engines were provided by J and J Thomson of Glasgow, with a pair of fixed diagonal surface condensing engines, the cylinders of which were 32 inches (81 cm) and 55 inches (140 cm) in diameter, the stroke being 5 feet (1.5 m). Steam was provided from four steel boilers which could produce 110 lbs per square inch.[2] The design of the vessel was overseen by Mr Stroudley, engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.

The ship's master from 1885-89 was Capt. Archibald John Primrose Young.

She went on a trial trip on 28 June 1884[3] on which she achieved a mean speed of 14.5 knots.

She was scrapped in 1910.

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References
  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. "Trial Trip of the Duchess of Edinburgh". Hampshire Telegraph. England. 5 July 1884. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "The Joint Companies' new steamer "Duchess of Edinburgh"". Isle of Wight Observer. England. 28 June 1884. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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