PS Cleethorpes (1903)

History
Name|

* 1903–1934: PS Cleethorpes
* 1934–1935: PS Cruising Queen

Operator|

* 1903–1923: Great Central Railway
* 1923–1934: London and North Eastern Railway
* 1934–1935: Redcliffe Shipping Company

Port of registry|
Builder| Gourlay Brothers, Dundee
Yard number| 209
Launched| 6 October 1903
Out of service| 1934
Fate| Scrapped 1935
General characteristics
Tonnage| 302 gross register tons (GRT)
Length| 190.1 feet (57.9 m)
Beam| 25.5 feet (7.8 m)
Depth| 7.9 feet (2.4 m)

PS Cleethorpes was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1903.[1]

## History

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The ship was built by Gourlay Brothers of Dundee and launched on 6 October 1903[2] by Miss Mills of Grimsby. She arrived in New Holland after a 24-hour voyage from Dundee on 21 November 1903.[3] She was used on the New Holland to Hull ferry service.

In 1923 she transferred to the London and North Eastern Railway. She was sold in 1934 to the Redcliffe Shipping Company and renamed Cruising Queen. She was used on Firth of Forth pleasure cruises, but found unsuitable and scrapped in 1935.

## References

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1. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. ^ "New Humber Steam Ferry. The Cleethorpes". Hull Daily Mail. England. 7 October 1903. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. ^ "New Ferry Steamer Cleethorpes". Hull Daily Mail. England. 23 November 1903. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.