PS Earl Spencer (1874)

PS Earl Spencer was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1877 to 1896.[1]

History
Name: 1874-1896: PS Earl Spencer
Namesake: John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1868 to 1874
Owner: 1877-1896 London and North Western Railway
Operator: 1877-1896 London and North Western Railway
Port of registry:
Route: 1877-1896: Holyhead - Greenore
Builder: Cammell Laird
Yard number: 416
Launched: 1874
Out of service: 1896
General characteristics
Tonnage: 855 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 253.7 ft (77.3 m)
Beam: 29.4 ft (9.0 m)
Draught: 14.7 ft (4.5 m)

Cammell Laird built Earl Spencer for the London and North Western Railway in 1874. She did not enter into service until 1877.

Citations

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
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