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PS Hercules (1838)

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Name
  
1838-1862 PS Hercules

Out of service
  
1862

Length
  
45 m

Builder
  
Mottishead and Hayes

Launched
  
1838

Draft
  
4.6 m

Owner
  
1838-1853 St. George Steam Packet Company 1853-1859 Chester and Holyhead Railway 1859-1862 London and North Western Railway

Operator
  
1838-1853 St. George Steam Packet Company 1853-1859 Chester and Holyhead Railway 1859-1862 London and North Western Railway

Tonnage
  
265 gross register tons (GRT)

PS Hercules was a paddle steamer vessel operated by the St. George Steam Packet Company from 1836, and then the Chester and Holyhead Railway from 1853 to 1859 and the London and North Western Railway from 1859 to 1862.

History

She was built in Liverpool for the St. George Steam Packet Company in 1838.

When acquired by the London and North Western Railway in 1859 she was something of a stop-gap until new ships could be built.

She was scrapped in 1862.

References

PS Hercules (1838) Wikipedia