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PS Orwell (1873) 
Summary
PS Orwell was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1873.[1] The vessel was a paddle steamer.
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | PS Orwell |
| Operator | Great Eastern Railway |
| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | Lewis and Stockwell, London |
| Launched | 1873 |
| Out of service | 1890 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 114 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 125.5 feet (38.3 m) |
| Beam | 17.5 feet (5.3 m) |
| Depth | 6.9 feet (2.1 m) |
History edit
The ship was built by Lewis and Stockwell in London in 1873. She was placed in excursion service on the River Orwell, between Ipswich and Harwich.[2]
On 27 May 1890 she collided with the Stour on the River Orwell at Cage Bend. The force of the impact was so great that the bow of the Orwell stoved in, leaving a large hole which resulted in water pouring into the vessel. One of the paddle boxes was carried away. Captain Coe ran the Orwell ashore, and the passengers were transferred to the Stour.[3]
Probably as a result of the damage sustained, she was sold for scrapping later that year.
References edit
- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "Ships Named Suffolk". Planet Suffolk: Bringing together the Suffolks of the world. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Alarming collision between passenger steamers on the Orwell". Essex Standard. England. 31 May 1890. Retrieved 6 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.