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PS Thames (1868)

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Name
  
1868-1913 PS Thames

Fate
  
Withdrawn

Length
  
32 m

Out of service
  
1913

Launched
  
1868

Draft
  
2.59 m

Operator
  
1868-1879 London and North Western Railway 1879-1882 Great Western Railway 1882-1912 London, Tilbury and Southend Railway 1912-1913 Midland Railway

Builder
  
Bowdler, Chaffer and Company, Liverpool.

Tonnage
  
125 gross register tons (GRT)

PS Thames was a passenger vessel built for the London and North Western Railway in 1868.

History

PS Thames was built by Bowdler, Chaffer and Company, Liverpool and launched in 1868. She was used for services on the River Mersey.

In 1879 she was acquired by the Great Western Railway where she was used as a tender at Plymouth.

In 1882 she was acquired by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. In 1912 she was then owned by the Midland Railway and withdrawn in 1913.

References

PS Thames (1868) Wikipedia