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 Yarmouth Belle

From Graces Guide

Built 1898. Owned by Belle Steamers Dimensions:— Length 240 ft. by 28.1 by 9.3. Gross tons 522. Triple expansion engines, cylinders 20.5 in., 30 in., 43 in. by 60 in. N.H.P. 143. Speed 17 knots. One boiler.

In 1921 sold to the P.S.M. Syndicate, but in 1923 the R.S.S. Co. were registered as the owners and in 1926 the East Anglia Steamship Co.

In 1928 was acquired by the New Medway Steam Packet Co. and then was renamed QUEEN OF SOUTHEND

1938 renamed THAMES QUEEN. After the 1935 season considerable alterations were made, the original open fore-deck being built up, thus enabling the promenade deck to be extended to the bows.

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