PS Claud Hamilton
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PS Claud Hamilton was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1875.[1]
NamePS Claud Hamilton
Operator
- 1875–1897: Great Eastern Railway
- 1897–1914: Corporation of London
BuilderJohn Elder and Company, Fairfield, Govan
Yard number187
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | PS Claud Hamilton |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | John Elder and Company, Fairfield, Govan |
| Yard number | 187 |
| Launched | 3 June 1875 |
| Out of service | 26 August 1914 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1914 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 962 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 251.6 feet (76.7 m) |
| Beam | 30.2 feet (9.2 m) |
History
The ship was built by John Elder and Company of Govan for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 3 June 1875.[2] She was named after the chairman of the Great Eastern Railway, Lord Claude Hamilton. She was despatched from the shipyard on 13 August 1875 and arrived in Harwich on 15 August, after a voyage around the north coast of Scotland via Pentland Firth. Her first captain was William Rivers.[3]
In 1897 she was sold to the Corporation of London and used for transporting cattle. She was sent for scrapping in 1914.[4]