Passenger and cargo vessel
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| History |
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| Name | PS Grimsby |
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| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull |
| Launched | 8 December 1888 |
| Out of service | 1923 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1923 |
| General characteristics |
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| Tonnage | 351 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 180 feet (55 m) |
| Beam | 25.4 feet (7.7 m) |
| Depth | 7.4 feet (2.3 m) |
PS Grimsby was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1888.[1]
History
The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched on 8 December 1888[2] by Miss J.M.C. Cook. She was used on the New Holland to Hull ferry service.
In 1923 she transferred to the London and North Eastern Railway. She was scrapped in 1923.[3]
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