PS Magna Charta (1873)

History
United Kingdom
Name	PS Magna Charta
Namesake	Magna Carta, the famous charter signed in 1215
Owner	1873-1910: Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway [1] 1910-1920: Great Central Railway [1] 1920-1924: LNER [2]
Route	Humber ferry crossing [3]
Ordered	1873 [1]
Builder	Charlton & Co. Ltd, Grimsby [2]
Yard number	75372 [1]
Homeport	Hull, England [1]
Fate	Broken up in 1924 [2]
General characteristics
Type	Paddlesteamer
Displacement	62 tons [1]
Length	98 ft (30 m) [1]
Beam	18 ft (5.5 m) [1]
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m) [1]
Installed power	40 hp (30 kW) [2]
Propulsion	1-lever steam engine Paddle wheel [2]

The PS Magna Charta is a former paddlesteamer ferry built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1873. ^[1] The Magna Charta was used as a ferry crossing across the Humber estuary ^[3] from New Holland to Hull ^[2] and was built by Charlton & Co. Ltd, Grimsby. ^[2] During the ship's later days, it was used as a relief ferry and a tug boat until it was broken up in 1924. ^[2]

References

1. "Paddle Boats and Paddle Steamers". humberpacketboats.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
2. "Magna Charta". lner.info. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
3. "Crossing the River Humber by Ferry and Other Means". inbarton.atwebpages.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2017.