PS Hercules (1838)

History
Name: 1838-1862: PS Hercules
Owner:
Operator:
Port of registry: United Kingdom
Builder: Mottishead and Hayes
Launched: 1838
Out of service: 1862
General characteristics
Tonnage: 265 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 147.6 ft (45.0 m)
Beam: 25.9 ft (7.9 m)
Draught: 15.1 ft (4.6 m)

PS Hercules was a paddle steamer vessel operated by the St. George Steam Packet Company from 1836, and then the Chester and Holyhead Railway from 1853 to 1859 and the London and North Western Railway from 1859 to 1862.[1]

History

She was built in Liverpool for the St. George Steam Packet Company in 1838.[2]

When acquired by the London and North Western Railway in 1859 she was something of a stop-gap until new ships could be built.

She was scrapped in 1862.

References

  1. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
  2. Army and navy chronicle, Volume 1. Benjamin Homans
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