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PS Waterford (1874)

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History
NamePS Waterford
OperatorGreat Western Railway
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
RouteMilford Haven - Waterford
BuilderWilliam Simons and Company, Renfrew
Yard number177
Launched19 February 1874
Out of service1905
FateScrapped 1905
General characteristics
Tonnage912 gross register tons (GRT)
Length251.8 feet (76.7 m)
Beam29.2 feet (8.9 m)

PS Waterford was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1874.[1]

History

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PS Waterford was built by William Simons and Company of Renfrew and launched in 1874 for the Great Western Railway. She was placed on the Milford Haven to Waterford route with her sister ships PS Milford and PS Limerick.

She was scrapped in 1905 at Garston.

References

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  1. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.