PS Waterford
From Graces Guide
Owned by the Great Western Railway
The WATERFORD was also built by Simons and was fitted with compound engines of 400 n.h.p. She had one funnel aft of the engines. Her length was 251.4 feet, beam 29.2 feet, and depth of hold 15.2 feet. The WATERFORD was fitted with two-cylinder compound diagonal engines, having a h.p. cylinder 52 inches in diameter and a l.p. cylinder 90 inches diameter the stroke of the piston being 72 inches. The n.h.p. was 400. In 1884, she was fitted with new boilers. Tonnage was 441 net and 912 gross, and she was licensed to carry 402 passengers. The WATERFORD eventually was employed as a general cargo and cattle boat, and in April, 1905, was broken up.[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ ‘Cross-Channel and Coastal Paddle Steamers’ by George Frank Burtt