PS Queen of the Bay (1867)

PS Queen of the Bay was a passenger vessel operated by the West Cornwall Steam Ship Company from 1873 to 1885.

History
Name	1867–1894: P.S. Queen of the Bay
Operator	1867–1873: Blackpool Lytham and Southport Steam Packet Company 1873–1885: West Cornwall Steam Ship Company 1885–1889: Newport and Bristol Channel ExcursionCompany 1889–????: John T Hutchins
Port of registry
Route	1867–1873: Morecambe Bay 1873–1894: Penzance to Isles of Scilly
Builder	Henderson, Coulborn and Company
Yard number	91
Launched	1867
Out of service	22 May 1894
Fate	Damaged by fire whilst on the River Usk and sold for scrapping
General characteristics
Tonnage	138 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	131.5 ft (40.1 m)
Beam	18.1 ft (5.5 m)
Capacity	197 passengers

History

She was built by Henderson, Coulborn and Company in Renfrew and launched in 1867. She operated for the Blackpool, Lytham and Southport Steam Packet Company out of Morecambe for five years and then Blackpool for two years. She was sold to the West Cornwall Steam Ship Company in 1873 for £4,600 (equivalent to £514,838 in 2023).

In 1885 she was sold for £2,250 (equivalent to £306,982 in 2023) to the Bristol Channel and was operated by the Newport and Bristol Channel Excursion Company for four year. After a sale in 1889 to another Cardiff owner, she caught fire on the River Usk on 22 May 1894 and was sold for scrap.