PS Tilbury (1883)

Tilbury in 1883
History
Name: 1883-1922:PS Tilbury
Operator:
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Builder: J and K Smit, Kinderdijk, Holland
Launched: 1883
Out of service: 1922
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 269 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 140 feet (43 m)
Beam: 22.05 feet (6.72 m)
Draught: 8.15 feet (2.48 m)

PS Tilbury was a passenger vessel built for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway in 1883.[1]

History

PS Tilbury was built by J and K Smit, Kinderdijk, Rotterdam for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway as a Gravesend-Tilbury Ferry. She was their first twin-screw vessel. She was launched in 1883. She was fitted with double action steering gear. On 21 September 1883 she underwent a trial trip.[2]

She was acquired by the Midland Railway in 1912 and scrapped in 1922.[3]

References

  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons,.
  2. "Trial Trip of the 'Tilbury' Railway Steamer". Chelmsford Chronicle. Chelmsford. 21 September 1883. Retrieved 17 October 2015 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  3. Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets-Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. p. 118. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.
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