Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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PS Stanley

From Graces Guide

1864 Built by Caird and Co. 782 tons.

Used by the Holyhead and Dublin Ferry

Another paddle steamer was put on the service in 1864. Named the STANLEY, she was built and engined by Caird & Co., Greenock. This vessel was 239.2 feet long, 29.1 feet beam and 14.9 feet deep; tonnage 792 gross and 401 net. The engines were of 330 n.h.p., having oscillating cylinders 61 in. by 78 in.; boiler pressure was 20 lb. and speed 13 knots. The STANLEY was re-boilered in 1872 and worked until August, 1888.[1]

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Sources of Information

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