PS Princess of Wales (1870)

History

Name:	1870-1896: P.S. Princess of Wales
Owner:	1870-1896: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Operator:	1870-1896: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Port of registry:
Route:	1870-1896:Belfast – Fleetwood
Builder:	A. Leslie and Company, River Tyne
Out of service:	1896
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:	946 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	260ft

PS Princess of Wales was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1870 to 1896.^[1]

History

She was built by A. Leslie and Company on the River Tyne as one of the first new ships commissioned by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway for their services from Fleetwood.

Ships operated by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

LYR operated ships	Aire Alt Berlin Calder Colne Cuxhaven Dearne Derwent Don Douglas Equity Hebble Hodder Humber Irwell Liberty Mersey Nidd Ouse Ouse Ralph Creyke Rawcliffe Rosa Rother River Crake River Ribble Rye Spen Unity Wenning West Riding Wharfe

Jointly operated with the London and North Western Railway	Colleen Bawn Duke of Albany Duke of Argyll Duke of Clarence Duke of Connaught (I) Duke of Connaught (II) Duke of Cornwall Duke of Cumberland Duke of Lancaster Duke of York Earl of Ulster Ivernagh Kathleen Mavourneen Lune Mellifont Norah Creina Prince Arthur Prince of Wales Princess of Wales Royal Consort Thomas Dugdale Tredagh

Ships operated by the London and North Western Railway

LNWR operated ships	Admiral Moorsom Alexandra Anglesey Anglia (I) Anglia (II) Anglia (III) Arvonia Banshee Cambria (I) Cambria (II) Cambria (III) Cambria (IV) Cloghmore Connemara Countess of Erne Curraghmore Dodder Duchess of Sutherland Duke of Sutherland Earl Spencer Edith Eleanor (I) Eleanor (II) Galtee More Greenore (I) Greenore (II) Hercules Hibernia (I) Hibernia (II) Hibernia (III) Holyhead Irene Isabella Lily Menevia Mersey North Wall Ocean Olga Queen Rathmore Rose Rosstrevor Sea Nymph Severn Scotia (I) Scotia (II) Scotia (III) Shamrock Slieve Bawn Slieve Bloom Slieve Donard Slieve Gallion Slievemore Snowdon South Stack Stanley Telegraph Violet

Jointly operated with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway	Colleen Bawn Duke of Albany Duke of Argyll Duke of Clarence Duke of Connaught (I) Duke of Connaught (II) Duke of Cornwall Duke of Cumberland Duke of Lancaster Duke of York Earl of Ulster Ivernagh Kathleen Mavourneen Lune Mellifont Norah Creina Prince Arthur Prince of Wales Princess of Wales Royal Consort Thomas Dugdale Tredagh

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