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PS Richard Young

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History
Name
  • 1871–1890: Richard Young
  • 1890–1905: Brandon
OperatorGreat Eastern Railway
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderJ & W Dudgeon, Cubitt Town, London
Launched1871
Out of service1905
FateScrapped 1905
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length
  • 1871–1890: 239.8 feet (73.1 m)
  • 1890–1905: 245 feet (75 m)
Beam27 feet (8.2 m)
Depth13.5 feet (4.1 m)

PS Richard Young was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1871.[1]

History

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The ship was built by J & W Dudgeon in Cubitt Town London for the Great Eastern Railway and added to the fleet in 1871.[2]

Named after a director of the railway company, she was used for their Harwich to Rotterdam and Antwerp services.[3][4]

In 1890 she was converted from paddle steamer to screw steamer by Earle's Shipbuilding and afterwards known as Brandon.

She was scrapped in 1905.

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. ^ "Harwich. Continental Steamers". The Suffolk Chronicle. England. 11 November 1871. Retrieved 3 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "The Continental Traffic". The Chelmsford Chronicle. No. 5577. 10 November 1871. p. 6. Retrieved 30 August 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets – Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern and North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. p. 40. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.