PS Tilbury was a passenger vessel built for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway in 1883.[1]

Tilbury in 1883
History
Name1883–1922: PS Tilbury
Operator
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderJ and K Smit, Kinderdijk, Holland
Launched1883
Out of service1922
FateScrapped 1922
General characteristics
Tonnage269 gross register tons (GRT)
Length140 feet (43 m)
Beam22.05 feet (6.72 m)
Draught8.15 feet (2.48 m)

History

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PS Tilbury was built by J and K Smit, Kinderdijk, Rotterdam for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway as a Gravesend–Tilbury Ferry. She was their first twin-screw vessel. She was launched in 1883. She was fitted with double action steering gear. On 21 September 1883 she underwent a trial trip.[2]

She was acquired by the Midland Railway in 1912 and scrapped in 1922.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ^ "Trial Trip of the 'Tilbury' Railway Steamer". Chelmsford Chronicle. Chelmsford. 21 September 1883. Retrieved 17 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets-Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. p. 118. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.