PS Richard Young

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.

History

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

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

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

  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.