| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | PS Killingholme |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry |  |
| Route | Humber Ferry |
| Builder | Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull |
| Launched | 23 February 1912 |
| Out of service | 1945 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 195 feet (59 m) [1] |
| Beam | 31.1 feet (9.5 m) [1] |
| Depth | 8.7 feet (2.7 m) [1] |
| Propulsion | 98 hp (73 kW) [1] |
PS Killingholme was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1912. [2]
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched on 23 February 1912 [3] by Mrs Boothby, wife of Captain Boothby. She was one of an order of two new ships, the other being Brocklesby used for the New Holland to Hull ferry service. [4] She was used by King George V and Queen Mary on their visit to open the King George Dock in Immingham in July 1912. [1] [5]
During the First World War she was a seaplane carrier for the Royal Navy, in which capacity she was struck by a torpedo and lost one of her paddles. [6]
She was withdrawn from regular service in 1934, but retained for excursions and as a spare ferry.
During the Second World War she was again requisitioned and used as a barrage balloon depot ship in the Humber.
She was scrapped in 1945.
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