PS Tilbury (1883)

PS Tilbury was a passenger vessel built for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway in 1883.[1]

Tilbury in 1883
History
Name: 1883-1922:PS Tilbury
Operator:
Port of registry:
Builder: J and K Smit, Kinderdijk, Holland
Launched: 1883
Out of service: 1922
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 269 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 140 feet (43 m)
Beam: 22.05 feet (6.72 m)
Draught: 8.15 feet (2.48 m)

History

PS Tilbury was built by J and K Smit, Kinderdijk, Rotterdam for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway as a Gravesend-Tilbury Ferry. She was their first twin-screw vessel. She was launched in 1883. She was fitted with double action steering gear. On 21 September 1883 she underwent a trial trip.[2]

She was acquired by the Midland Railway in 1912 and scrapped in 1922.[3]

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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 'Tilbury' Railway Steamer". Chelmsford Chronicle. Chelmsford. 21 September 1883. Retrieved 17 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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