PS Rose (1876)

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PS Rose at the Thames Embankment
History
Name: 1876-1894: PS Rose
Owner: 1876-1894 London and North Western Railway
Operator: 1876-1894 London and North Western Railway
Port of registry: Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Route: 1876-1894: Holyhead - Greenore
Builder: Cammell Laird
Yard number: 430
Launched: 1876
Out of service: 1894
General characteristics
Tonnage: 1,177  gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 291.8 ft (88.9 m)
Beam: 32.2 ft (9.8 m)
Draught: 15.7 ft (4.8 m)

PS Rose was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1876 to 1894. [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 Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway in 1876.

Cammell Laird British shipbuilding company

Cammell Laird is a British shipbuilding company. The company came about following the merger of Laird Brothers of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co. of Sheffield at the turn of the twentieth century. The company also built railway rolling stock until 1929, when that side of the business was separated and became part of the Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company.


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References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962