PS Wingfield Castle
English museum ship
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The PS Wingfield Castle is a former Humber Estuary ferry, now preserved as a museum ship in Hartlepool, County Durham, England.[4]
- 1934-1947: LNER[1]
- 1948-1974: British Rail / Sealink
- 1974-1982: EMI[2]
- 1982-1986: Whitbread plc[2]
- 1986-present: Hartlepool Borough Council[1]
The PSS Wingfield Castle located Hartlepool's Maritime Experience in Hartlepool | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | PSS Wingfield Castle |
| Namesake | Wingfield Castle |
| Owner |
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| Route | Humber Ferry crossing |
| Ordered | 1934 |
| Builder | William Gray & Company, Hartlepool, England[1] |
| Laid down | 27 June 1934[3] |
| Commissioned | 24 September 1934[1] |
| Decommissioned | 1974[1] |
| Identification | IMO number: 5392018 |
| Status | Museum ship at Hartlepool's Maritime Experience[4] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Paddlesteamer |
| Tonnage | 556 GRT[1] |
| Length | |
| Beam | |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion, diagonal stroke, reciprocating steam engine[3] |
| Speed | 12.0 knots (22.2 km/h; 13.8 mph)[4] |
The Wingfield Castle was built by William Gray & Company at Hartlepool, and launched in 1934, along with a sister ship, the Tattershall Castle.[5] A third similar vessel, the Lincoln Castle built in Glasgow, was launched in 1940.[3]
She was earmarked to become a floating restaurant in Swansea Marina in the early 1980s but was too wide to fit through the lock gates.[3] She is now preserved at the Museum of Hartlepool as a floating exhibit at Jackson Dock, as part of the Hartlepool's Maritime Experience visitor attraction, which also includes HMS Trincomalee.[3][4]
Pictures
The Wingfield Castle in September 1973 on the Humber estuary
The Wingfield Castle funnel in September 1973
