Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 174,011 pages of information and 250,208 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

PS Rotterdam

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1864 Built by G. Simpson and Co. Single funnel.

Owned by Great Eastern Railway: Ships


‘Cross-Channel and Coastal Paddle Steamers’ by George Frank Burtt

In 1887, the ROTTERDAM was converted to a twin screw passenger and cargo vessel by Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. of Hull, who fitted new boilers and compound engines. She was at the same time, rechristened PETEREORO and her port of registry changed from London to Harwich. She was broken up in 1908-9.


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