The PS Duchess of Edinburgh was a passenger ferry that was built in Glasgow for the South Eastern Railway Company (SER) in 1880.[1] In 1883 James Little & Co acquired her for the Barrow Steam Navigation Company and renamed her Manx Queen. She passed to the Midland Railway in 1907 and was scrapped that same year.
 Painting by Arthur Knowles,
believed to be of Manx Queen | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator | 1883: Barrow SN Co |
| Port of registry | |
| Route | |
| Builder | J&G Thompson, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 181 |
| Launched | 23 July 1880 |
| Out of service | November 1907 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger ferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Length |
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| Beam | 29.7 ft (9.1 m) |
| Depth | 14.1 ft (4.3 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 400 NHP |
| Propulsion | 2-cylinder compound engine |
Building
editJ&G Thompson built Duchess of Edinburgh as yard number 181 at Clydebank, Glasgow. She was launched on 23 July 1880.[2]
As built, the ship's registered length was 250.2 ft (76.3 m), her beam was 29.7 ft (9.1 m) and her depth was 14.1 ft (4.3 m). Her tonnages were 812 GRT and 368 NRT. She was a sidewheel paddle steamer with a two-cylinder compound steam engine that was rated at 400 NHP.[3]
Career
editThe SER registered Duchess of Edinburgh at London. Her official number was 82798 and her code letters were TNGM.[4]
She entered service but failed to reach her contracted design speed, and was returned to her builders. She re-entered service in May 1881 but broke a paddle wheel after only five days and was returned to her builders again. The SER laid her up, first at Folkestone and then at Sheerness.[citation needed]
In 1883 James Little & Co bought the ship for the Barrow Steam Navigation Company. She was lengthened to 278.9 ft (85.0 m), which increased her tonnages to 1,129 GRT and 568 NRT. She was renamed Manx Queen and registered in Barrow.[5] In 1888 the Belgian state railway chartered her for service between Dover and Ostend.[3]
In 1907 the Midland Railway took over the Barrow Steam Navigation Company.[6] That November she was sold to JJ King & Co, who scrapped her at Garston, Liverpool.[3]
References
edit- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot: T. Stephenson and Sons.[page needed]
- ^ "A new channel steamer". Derby Daily Telegraph. Derby. 23 July 1880. Retrieved 17 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c "Duchess of Edinburgh". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ Mercantile Navy List. London. 1881. p. 39.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Mercantile Navy List. London. 1884. p. 105.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ 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.