PS Tilbury was a passenger vessel built for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway in 1883.[1]
 Tilbury in 1883
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| Name | 1883–1922: PS Tilbury |
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| Builder | J and K Smit, Kinderdijk, Holland |
| Launched | 1883 |
| Out of service | 1922 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1922 |
| 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
editPS 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]
References
edit- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "Trial Trip of the 'Tilbury' Railway Steamer". Chelmsford Chronicle. Chelmsford. 21 September 1883. Retrieved 17 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ 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.