PS Killingholme (1912)

History
NamePS Killingholme
Operator
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
RouteHumber Ferry
BuilderEarle's Shipbuilding, Hull
Launched23 February 1912
Out of service1945
FateScrapped 1945
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length195 feet (59 m)[1]
Beam31.1 feet (9.5 m)[1]
Depth8.7 feet (2.7 m)[1]
Propulsion98 hp (73 kW)[1]

PS Killingholme was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1912.[2]

History

The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding of Hull and launched on 23 February 1912[3] by Mrs Boothby, wife of Captain Boothby. She was one of an order of two new ships, the other being Brocklesby used for the New Holland to Hull ferry service.[4] She was used by King George V and Queen Mary on their visit to open the King George Dock in Immingham in July 1912.[1][5]

During the First World War she was a seaplane carrier for the Royal Navy, in which capacity she was struck by a torpedo and lost one of her paddles.[6]

She was withdrawn from regular service in 1934, but retained for excursions and as a spare ferry.

During the Second World War she was again requisitioned and used as a barrage balloon depot ship in the Humber.

She was scrapped in 1945.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Packet Boats and Paddle Steamers". humberpacketboats.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  2. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  3. ^ "New G.C.R. Ferry Steamer". Hull Daily Mail. England. 23 February 1912. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Paddle Steamer Killingholme". kingswearcastle.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  5. ^ "The Royal Visit to Immingham". Hull Daily Mail. England. 23 July 1912. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "A Hull Ferryboat at its last base". Hull Daily Mail. England. 13 November 1945. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.