- PS Princess of Wales (1870)
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Career 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.
References
- ^ Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
Ships operated by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway LYR operated ships London and North Western RailwayColleen 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 · TredaghShips 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 · Lancashire and Yorkshire RailwayColleen 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 · TredaghCategories:- 1870 ships
- Passenger ships of the United Kingdom
- Steamships
- Tyne-built ships
- Ships of the London and North Western Railway
- Ships of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
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