PS Killingholme was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1912.[2]
History | |
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Name | PS Killingholme |
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Port of registry | |
Route | Humber Ferry |
Builder | Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull |
Launched | 23 February 1912 |
Out of service | 1945 |
Fate | Scrapped 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage |
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Length | 195 feet (59 m)[1] |
Beam | 31.1 feet (9.5 m)[1] |
Depth | 8.7 feet (2.7 m)[1] |
Propulsion | 98 hp (73 kW)[1] |
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched on 23 February 1912[3] by Mrs Boothby, wife of Captain Boothby. She was one of an order of two new ships, the other being Brocklesby used for the New Holland to Hull ferry service.[4] She was used by King George V and Queen Mary on their visit to open the King George Dock in Immingham in July 1912.[1][5]
During the First World War she was a seaplane carrier for the Royal Navy, in which capacity she was struck by a torpedo and lost one of her paddles.[6]
She was withdrawn from regular service in 1934, but retained for excursions and as a spare ferry.
During the Second World War she was again requisitioned and used as a barrage balloon depot ship in the Humber.
She was scrapped in 1945.