| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | PS Grimsby |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull |
| Launched | 8 December 1888 |
| Out of service | 1923 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1923 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 351 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 180 feet (55 m) |
| Beam | 25.4 feet (7.7 m) |
| Depth | 7.4 feet (2.3 m) |
PS Grimsby was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1888.
History
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched on 8 December 1888 by Miss J.M.C. Cook. She was used on the New Holland to Hull ferry service.
In 1923 she transferred to the London and North Eastern Railway. She was scrapped in 1923.
References
- Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- "Hull – Launch of a new ferry steamer". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 10 December 1888. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "A New Holland Explosion". Hull Daily Mail. England. 19 July 1923. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.