PS Prince of Wales (1886)

History
Name	1886-1896: P.S. Prince of Wales
Owner	1886-1896: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Operator	1886-1896: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Port of registry
Route	1886-1896: Belfast – Fleetwood
Builder	Barrow-in-Furness
Launched	20 February 1886
Fate	Sold 1896, sunk 1907
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,429 gross register tons (GRT)

PS Prince of Wales was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1886 to 1896.^[1]

History

She was deployed on the Fleetwood to Belfast services. She was the last paddle steamer built by the railway companies for cross channel traffic.

In 1896 she was sold and moved to Spain.

References

This page was last edited on 3 October 2021, at 17:48