PS Grimsby (1888)
PS Grimsby was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1888.[1]
| History | |
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| Name: | PS Grimsby |
| Operator: |
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| Port of registry: |
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| Builder: | Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull |
| Launched: | 8 December 1888 |
| Out of service: | 1923 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 351 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 180 feet (55 m) |
| Beam: | 25.4 feet (7.7 m) |
| Depth: | 7.4 feet (2.3 m) |
History
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched on 8 December 1888[2] by Miss J.M.C. Cook. She was used on the New Holland to Hull ferry service.
In 1923 she transferred to the London and North Eastern Railway. She was scrapped in 1923. [3]
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References
- Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- "Hull – Launch of a new ferry steamer". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 10 December 1888. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "A New Holland Explosion". Hull Daily Mail. England. 19 July 1923. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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