PS Brocklesby (1912)

History
Name	1912–1935: PS Brocklesby 1935–1936: PS Highland Queen
Operator	1912–1923: Great Central Railway 1923–1935: London and North Eastern Railway 1935–1936: Redcliffe Shipping Company
Port of registry
Route	Humber Ferry
Builder	Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull
Launched	22 February 1912
Out of service	1936
Fate	Scrapped 1936
General characteristics
Tonnage	508 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	195 feet (59 m)
Beam	31.1 feet (9.5 m)
Depth	8.7 feet (2.7 m)

PS Brocklesby was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1912.[1]

History

The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched on 22 February 1912[2] by Mrs J.A. Roger of Grimsby. She was one of an order for two vessels, the other being Killingholme. She was used on the New Holland to Hull ferry service.

In 1923 she transferred to the London and North Eastern Railway. She was sold in 1935 to the Redcliffe Shipping Company and renamed Highland Queen.[3] She was used on Firth of Forth pleasure cruises, but found unsuitable and scrapped in 1936.

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "Launch of a Humber Ferry Boat". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 23 February 1912. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Round the Docks". Hull Daily Mail. England. 4 May 1935. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.