PS Briton

History
United Kingdom
Name	PS Briton
Owner	1862: Glasgow & Stranraer Steam Packet Co. 1863: Bristol General Steam Nav Co. 1877: Bristol Steam Nav Co Ltd 1890: Waterford Steamship Company
Route	1862 – 63: Stranraer – Larne 1864 – 66: Bristol – Waterford 1867 – 90: Bristol – Wexford
Builder	Tod & McGregor, Glasgow
Yard number	121
Launched	June 1862
Completed	July 1862
In service	1862
Fate	Scrapped – 1892 at Bristol
General characteristics
Class and type	Iron Paddle Steamer
Tonnage	349 GRT (1876: 486 GRT)
Length	176ft (1876: 207ft)
Beam	25ft
Installed power	steam 2cy 100nhp

PS Briton was a paddle steamer that inaugurated the Stranraer to Larne service.

Service

PS Briton inaugurated the Stranraer to Larne crossing, but the service was not a success and was withdrawn after 18 months, in 1863.[1] Following this, she operated from Bristol to the South of Ireland, to Waterford between 1864 and 1866 and to Wexford between 1867 and 1890.[2] Her final year was spent under the ownership of the Waterford Steamship Company.

Footnotes

1. "History". Port of Larne. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
2. "Briton". Tod & Macgregor Shiplist. Retrieved 24 January 2011.