PS Stanley (1864)

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History
Name: 1864-1890: PS Stanley
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Port of registry: Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Route: 1864-1889: Holyhead - Dublin
Builder: Caird & Company, Greenock
Yard number: 114B
Launched: 1864
Out of service: 1890
Fate: Broken up at Bowling.
General characteristics
Tonnage: 782  gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 239.2 ft (72.9 m)
Beam: 29.1 ft (8.9 m)
Draught: 14.9 ft (4.5 m)

PS Stanley was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1864 to 1888. [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 Caird & Company of Greenock and launched in 1864.

Caird & Company former Scottish shipbuilding and engineering firm

Caird & Company was a Scottish shipbuilding and engineering firm based in Greenock. The company was established in 1828 by John Caird when he received an order to re-engine Clyde paddle-tugs.

Greenock town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in Scotland

Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in Scotland and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It forms part of a contiguous urban area with Gourock to the west and Port Glasgow to the east.

She was sold to the Irish National Steamboat Company in August 1888, and in 1890 passed to A. A. Laird and Company. She was broken up shortly afterwards.

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References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962