PS Zealous

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History
NamePS Zealous
Operator Great Eastern Railway
Port of registry Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Builder J & W Dudgeon of London
Launched23 April 1864
Out of service1887
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage613  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length230 feet (70 m)
Beam27.1 feet (8.3 m)
Depth11.7 feet (3.6 m)

PS Zealous was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1864. [1]

History

The ship was built by the J & W Dudgeon of Cubitt Town, London for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 23 April 1864. [2] She was launched by Miss Alice Goodson, eldest daughter of the chairman of the Great Eastern Railway Company. Zealous was the first of a trio of new vessels, and inaugurated the GER's passenger services from Harwich to both Rotterdam and Antwerp in 1865, later joined by Avalon and Ravensbury. [3]

Zealous was altered in 1866 to carry cargo as well as passengers, and she was re-boilered in 1873. [3] On 8 August 1875, she ran aground at Harwich, then refloated. [4] She was withdrawn from service in 1887 and broken up. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ↑ "Great Eastern Railway" . London Evening Standard. 27 April 1864. Retrieved 29 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. 1 2 3 Haws, Duncan (1993). Britain's Railway Steamers: Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. pp. 38–39. ISBN   0-946378-22-3.
  4. ↑ "General News". Birmingham Daily News. No. 5327. Birmingham. 9 August 1875.
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