Name PS Orwell Out of service 1890 Launched 1873 | Operator Great Eastern Railway Fate Scrapped Length 38 m | |
Builder Lewis and Stockwell, London Tonnage 114 gross register tons (GRT) | ||
PS Orwell was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1873.
History
The ship was built by Lewis and Stockwell in London in 1873. She was placed on the Ipswich to Harwich service.
On 27 May 1890 she was in collision with the Stour on the River Orwell at Cage Bend. The force of the impact was so great that the bow of the Orwell was stove in, leaving a large hole which resulted in water pouring into. One of the paddle boxes was carried away. Captain Coe ran the Orwell ashore, and the passengers were transferred to the Stour.
Probably as a result of the damage sustained, she was sold for scrapping later that year.
References
PS Orwell (1873) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA