PS Rouen (1888)

PS Rouen was a passenger vessel built for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1888.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see Duchess of Buccleugh (ship).

History
Name:
  • 1888-1903:PS Rouen
  • 1903-1909:PS Duchess of Bucchleugh
Operator:
Port of registry:
Builder: Fairfield Company, Govan
Yard number: 339
Launched: 12 April 1888
Out of service: November 1909
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 785 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 250.6 feet (76.4 m)
Beam: 29.1 feet (8.9 m)
Speed: 19.25 knots

History

PS Rouen was built by Fairfield Company, Govan and launched on 12 April 1888 by Mrs Allen Sarle, the wife of the secretary and general manager of the company.[2] She was fitted up for 110 first class and 108 second class passengers.

She was placed on the Newhaven to Dieppe service until 1903 when she was sold to the Barrow Steam Navigation Company and renamed Duchess of Buccleuch. In 1907 she was acquired by the Midland Railway and retained until 1909.

References
  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. "Newhaven. Brighton Railway Channel Service". Sussex Agricultural Express. Sussex. 21 April 1888. Retrieved 17 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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