PS Magna Charta (1873)

History
United Kingdom
Name:	PS Magna Charta
Namesake:	Magna Carta, the famous charter signed in 1215
Owner:	1873-1910: Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway[1]; 1910-1920: Great Central Railway[1]; 1920-1924: LNER[2];
Route:	Humber ferry crossing[3]
Ordered:	1873[1]
Builder:	Charlton & Co. Ltd, Grimsby[2]
Yard number:	75372[1]
Homeport:	Hull, England[1]
Fate:	Broken up in 1924[2]
General characteristics
Type:	Paddlesteamer
Displacement:	62 tons[1]
Length:	98 ft (30 m)[1]
Beam:	18 ft (5.5 m)[1]
Draught:	8 ft (2.4 m)[1]
Installed power:	40 hp (30 kW)[2]
Propulsion:	1-lever steam engine; Paddle wheel[2];

The PS Magna Charta is a former paddlesteamer ferry built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1873.[1] The Magna Charta was used as a ferry crossing across the River Humber[3] from New Holland to Hull[2] and was built by Charlton & Co. Ltd, Grimsby.[2] During the ship's latter days, it was used as a relief ferry and a tug boat until it was broken up in 1924.[2]

References

"Paddle Boats and Paddle Steamers". humberpacketboats.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
"Magna Charta". lner.info. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
"Crossing the River Humber by Ferry and Other Means". inbarton.atwebpages.com. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

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