Yard number 91 Launched 1867 | Out of service 22 May 1894 Length 40 m | |
Name 1867-1894 P.S. Queen of the Bay Operator 1867-1873Blackpool Lytham and Southport Steam Packet Company1873-1885West Cornwall Steam Ship Company1885 - 1889 Newport and Bristol Channel ExcursionCompany1889 - ???? John T Hutchins Builder Henderson Coulborn and Company | ||
PS Queen of the Bay was a passenger vessel operated by the West Cornwall Steam Ship Company from 1873 to 1885
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 £367,587 in 2015).
In 1885 she was sold for £2,250 (equivalent to £219,181 in 2015) 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.
References
PS Queen of the Bay (1867) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA