PS Eleanor (1881)

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History
Name: 1881-1902: PS Eleanor
Owner: 1881-1902 London and North Western Railway
Operator: 1881-1902 London and North Western Railway
Port of registry: Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Route: 1880-1902: Holyhead - Greenore
Builder: Cammell Laird
Yard number: 500
Launched: 23 November 1881
Out of service: July 1902
Fate: Broken up 1902
General characteristics
Tonnage: 854  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length: 254.2 ft (77.5 m)
Beam: 30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught: 14.2 ft (4.3 m)

PS Eleanor was a paddle steamer cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1881 to 1902. [1]

History

She was built by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway in 1881. She was very similar in specification to the paddle steamer Isabella of 1877.

She was put on the Holyhead - Greenore route to replace her namesake Eleanor which had been wrecked earlier in the same year.

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References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962