PS Briton
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Name | PS Briton |
Owner |
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Builder | Tod & McGregor, Glasgow |
Yard number | 121 |
Launched | June 1862 |
Completed | July 1862 |
In service | 1862 |
Fate | Scrapped – 1892 at Bristol |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Iron Paddle Steamer |
Tonnage | 349 GRT (1876: 486 GRT) |
Length | 176ft (1876: 207ft) |
Beam | 25ft |
Installed power | steam 2cy 100nhp |
PS Briton was a paddle steamer that inaugurated the Stranraer to Larne service.
Service[]
PS Briton inaugurated the Stranraer to Larne crossing, but the service was not a success and was withdrawn after 18 months, in 1863.[1] Following this, she operated from Bristol to the South of Ireland, to Waterford between 1864–1866 and to Wexford between 1867 and 1890.[2] Her final year was spent under the ownership of the Waterford Steamship Company.
Footnotes[]
- ^ "History". Port of Larne. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ^ "Briton". Tod & Macgregor Shiplist. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
Categories:
- Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom
- 1862 ships
- Individual ship or boat stubs