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PS Minerva (1893)
PS Minerva was a 306 GRT passenger paddle steamer that J&G Thomson launched in 1893 for the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR). She served with the Royal Navy from 1916 and was sold into civilian service in Turkey in 1924. She was scrapped by 1928. HistoryJ&G Thomson of Clydebank launched Minerva for the G&SWR on 6 May 1893.[1] She had two sister ships with slight detail differences: PS Glen Rosa, which was also built for the G&SWR, and PS Slieve Donard, which was built for the Belfast and County Down Railway. She worked various G&SWR ferry routes, commonly to Rothesay and the Kyles, and in winter to the Isle of Arran.[2] In 1902 she was re-boilered, as a result of which her funnel was moved further forward.[2] In June 1916 the Admiralty requisitioned her for the Royal Navy as an auxiliary patrol vessel.[1] The Turkish Navy captured her in 1917.[2] After the Armistice of Mudros in 1918 she returned to the Royal Navy. From April 1919 she served as a minesweeper.[1] In 1924 she was sold to Turkish owners,[1] who operated her as a ferry on the Bosphorus.[2] She had been scrapped by 1928.[1] References |
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