PS Greenore (1896)

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History
Name:
  • 1896-1912: PS Greenore
  • 1912-1922: PS Cloghmore
  • 1922-1928: PS Ribble Queen
Owner:
Operator:
Port of registry: Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Route: 1896-1922: Passenger services on Carlingford Lough
Builder: J.P. Rennoldson
Launched: 1896
Out of service: 1928
Fate: Broken up
General characteristics
Tonnage: 213  gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 109 ft (33 m)
Beam: 22.1 ft (6.7 m)
Draught: 8.1 ft (2.5 m)

PS Greenore was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1896 to 1922. [1]

London and North Western Railway former railway company in United Kingdom

The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the world.

History

She was built by J.P. Rennoldson for the London and North Western Railway in 1894. She was the smallest and the last paddle steamer operated by the company. She was used for passenger services on Carlingford Lough.

Carlingford Lough glacial fjord or sea inlet that forms part of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

Carlingford Lough is a glacial fjord or sea inlet that forms part of the border between Northern Ireland to the north and the Republic of Ireland to the south. On its northern shore is County Down and on its southern shore is County Louth. At its extreme interior angle it is fed by the Newry River and the Newry Canal.

She was renamed PS Cloughmore when a new Greenore was ordered in 1912.

TrSS Greenore was a steam turbine passenger and cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1912 to 1923, and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923 to 1926.

She was sold in April 1922 to the Ribble Passenger Transport Company Ltd who renamed her Ribble Queen. She was put to work on excursion services from Preston to Southport and Liverpool, but these were not successful and they finished in 1925, and she was broken up in 1928.

Preston, Lancashire city and the administrative centre of Lancashire, England

Preston is a city and the administrative centre of Lancashire, England, on the north bank of the River Ribble.

Southport town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, England

Southport is a large seaside town in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England.

Liverpool City and Metropolitan borough in England

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Paddle Steamer Greenore at Warrenpoint

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References

  1. ↑ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
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