PS Wingfield Castle
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 The PSS Wingfield Castle located Hartlepool's Maritime Experience in Hartlepool, UK | |
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | PSS Wingfield Castle |
| Namesake: | Wingfield Castle in Suffolk, UK |
| Owner: | LNER |
| Route: | River Humber crossing |
| Ordered: | 1934 |
| Builder: | William Gray & Company, Hartlepool, UK |
| Laid down: | 27 June 1934 |
| Commissioned: | 24 September 1934 |
| Decommissioned: | 1974 |
| Status: | Preserved as a museum ship at Hartlepool's Maritime Experience |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Paddlesteamer |
| Tonnage: | 550 GT |
| Length: | 209 feet (64 m) |
| Beam: | 56 feet (17 m) (including paddle box) |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion, diagonal stroke, reciprocating steam engine |
| Speed: | 12.0 knots (22.2 km/h; 13.8 mph) |
The PS Wingfield Castle is a former Humber Estuary ferry, now preserved as a museum ship in Hartlepool, County Durham, England.
The Wingfield Castle was built William Gray & Company at Hartlepool, and launched in 1934, along with a sister ship, the Tattershall Castle. A third similar vessel, the Lincoln Castle (not built in Hartlepool), was launched in 1940.
She is now preserved at the Museum of Hartlepool as a floating exhibit at Jackson Dock, as part of the visitor attraction known as "Hartlepool's Maritime Experience", which also includes HMS Trincomalee.
Pictures
- Wingfield Castle 09-1973a2.JPG
The "Wingfield Castle" in September 1973 on River Humber
- Wingfield Castle 09-1973d.JPG
The "Schornstein" in September 1973
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