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History
Name	1871–1890: Richard Young 1890–1905: Brandon
Operator	Great Eastern Railway
Port of registry
Builder	J & W Dudgeon, Cubitt Town, London
Launched	1871
Out of service	1905
Fate	Scrapped 1905
General characteristics
Tonnage	1871–1890: 668 gross register tons (GRT) 1890–1905: 718 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	1871–1890: 239.8 feet (73.1 m) 1890–1905: 245 feet (75 m)
Beam	27 feet (8.2 m)
Depth	13.5 feet (4.1 m)

PS Richard Young was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1871.

History

The ship was built by J & W Dudgeon in Cubitt Town London for the Great Eastern Railway and added to the fleet in 1871.

Named after a director of the railway company, she was used for their Harwich to Rotterdam and Antwerp services.

In 1890 she was converted from paddle steamer to screw steamer by Earle's Shipbuilding and afterwards known as Brandon.

She was scrapped in 1905.

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "Harwich. Continental Steamers". The Suffolk Chronicle. England. 11 November 1871. Retrieved 3 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "The Continental Traffic". The Chelmsford Chronicle. No. 5577. 10 November 1871. p. 6. Retrieved 30 August 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets – Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern and North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. p. 40. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.

• 1871 ships
• Steamships of the United Kingdom
• Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom
• Ships built on the River Thames
• Ships of the Great Eastern Railway