Yard number 181 Fate Scrapped Length 85 m | Out of service November 1907 Launched 23 June 1880 Draft 4.3 m | |
Name 1880-1883PS Duchess of Edinburgh
1883-1907PS Manx Queen Operator 1880-1882South Eastern Railway Company
1882-1905Barrow Steam Navigation Company
1905-1907Midland Railway Builder J & G Thompson, Clydebank | ||
The PS Duchess of Edinburgh was a passenger vessel built for the South Eastern Railway Company in 1880.
History
PS Duchess of Edinburgh was built by J & G Thomson Clydebank for the South Eastern Railway. She was launched on 23 June 1880.
She entered service but failed to reach her contracted design speed, and was returned to the builders. She re-entered service in May 1881 but broke a paddle wheel after only 5 days and was returned to the builders again. After being laid up at Folkestone and later Sheerness she was purchased by the Barrow Steam Navigation Company. She was renamed Manx Queen in 1887.
She was sold to the Midland Railway in 1905 and disposed of in 1907.
References
PS Duchess of Edinburgh (1880) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA