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Updated : 11/05/02
Operated on London & North East Railway's Hull-New Holland ferry service on
the Humber Estuary in England The PS Lincoln Castle was built in 1940 and served to ferry people and vehicles across the River Humber to Hull Victoria Pier. It was the last coal burning paddle steamer operating a timetabled service in Britain and as such it attracted a lot of interest from shipping enthusiasts. The PS Lincoln Castle could carry up to twenty cars and 1200 passengers. A special train service carried passengers from Grimsby to the four hundred metre long pier at New Holland. The crossing from New Holland to Hull took about twenty minutes providing that the weather was good. However the boat was sometimes marooned for hours at a time on sand banks or because of unfavourable tides. The PS Lincoln Castle was also used for special trips to Spurn Point. After the opening of the Humber Bridge in June 1981 the ferry was decommissioned. New Holland Pier was taken over by New Holland Bulk Services whilst Hull Pier lost its pontoon and today is used only by promenaders. The PS Lincoln Castle eventually moved to Alexandra Dock, near to the National Fishing Heritage Centre. It now serves as a popular bar and restaurant. The vessel still contains some relics of its steam days. P.S.Wingfield Castle
Launched on September 24th 1934 by Wm. Gray at Hartlepool, England
Built for LNER Railway (later British Railways) Hull - New Holland ferry
service
Launched on September 24th, 1934 by Wm. Gray at Hartlepool, England
Built for LNER Railway (later British Railways) Hull - New Holland ferry
service
P.S.Wingfield Castle Launched on September 24th 1934 by Wm. Gray at Hartlepool, England Built for LNER Railway (later British Railways) Hull -
New Holland ferry service
D.E.P.V. Farringford Built in 1947.
P.S. Frodingham (ex -Dandie Dinmont 1895)
Built in 1895 by A and J Inglis at Pointhouse, Glasgow
Ordered for the North British SP Craigendoran - Dunoon / Holy Loch routes
P.S.Humber Builders: J T Eltringham &Co, South Shields 1895 Propulsion type: Paddle, single cylinder engine by Hepple & Co South Shields. Owners: J Turner Service dates: 1895-? Tonnage: 131 Comments: Built as a tug for use on the River Tyne, Humber is shown here circa 1905 on a summer excursion from Grimsby. She was converted for pleasure work after her tug career and was iron built, 100ft long, with a breadth of 19ft and a draught of 9ft. Humber made trips from Grimsby to Spurn, where she would land passengers by local rowing boats.
P.S.Grimsby Builders: Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd Hull 1888 Propulsion type: Paddle Compound Diagonal Owners: Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Company, Great Central Railway Co Service dates: 1888 - 1922 Tonnage: Gross 351 Comments:
PS Grimsby was the second ship to carry this name and was the first steel
built ship for the M, S & L
P.S.Cleethorpes P.S. Cleethorpes Used from 1903 to 1934, then it was sold to Redcliffe Shipping Co
P.S.Killingholme Builders: Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd 1912 Propulsion type: Paddle Owners: Great Central Railway Co, London North Eastern Railway Co Service dates: 1912 - 19?? Tonnage: Net 217 Gross 508 Comments:
Killingholme was a double ended paddle steamer
P.S.Brocklesby Builders: Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Propulsion type: Paddle, two cylinder compound diagonal Owners: Great Central Railway Co, London & North Eastern Railway Co, Redcliffe Shipping Co Ltd Service dates: 1912 - 1936 Tonnage: 508 Comments: Brocklesby was one of a
pair of double ended steamers which operated the Hull to New Holland
service.
Hull-New Holland / Humber Estaury Steam navigation on the Humber dates back to 1814. John Robertson, engineer of the pioneering PS Comet of 1812 in the Clyde had built PS Caledonia and PS Humber built at Dundee in 1814 to house his engines. The ships were operated on his own account for eigtheen months between Hull on the Humber estuary and Selby on the River Ouse and Gainsborough on the River Trent, the two rivers forming the Humber. Later, a healthy trade developed on the Trent, reaching out on to the east coast of England. The direct ferry crossing from Yorkshire to Lincolnshire was inaugurated in 1820 from Hull to New Holland by PS Magna Carta. Railway ownership of the ferry dates from 1845, and after Britain's railways were amalgamated nto major regional groupings in 1923, the service came under the control of the London & North Eastern Railway LNER). The sisters Wingfield Castle and Tattershall Castle, built in 1934, proved to be successful steamers, with a large open main deck aft which was used for cars, cargo and cattle.
Their success prompted the building of the similarly-shaped Lincoln Castle
and deferred discussion about the construction of a bridge across the
estuary. maintained until 1981 with the diesel-electric paddler Farringford which had been transferred from the Isle of Wight (Excursions were also scheduled, but restricted to Sunday afternoons from Hull in 1964 and withdrawn totally after the 1967 season.
P.S Grimsby (1888-)
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One
of three paddlers maintaining a year-round service for passengers, cars,
cattle and cargo
On
of three paddlers maintaining a year-round service for passengers, cars,
cattle and cargo
carry
40 cars and 796 passengers.
Railway,
their previous vessels being built of iron. She was employed on the Hull to
New Holland ferry service. After the introduction of Brocklesby and
Killingholme in 1912 she was relegated to the status of standby steamer,
being used only when one of the other ferries was out of service. She was
withdrawn in 1922 and sold for breaking up in March 1923 to H Lawrence of
Grimsby. 
built for the Hull to New
Holland service on the Humber. Almost
immediately after delivery she was used for the official opening of the King
George V Dock at Immingham by the King and Queen Mary. In addition to Humber
ferry duties she did excursion work, particulary after the introduction in
1934 of Wingfield Castle and Tattershall Castle. Her cruises took her from
Grimsby to the Royal Dock Basin, Spurn Head and Hull. She also did some
tender work, when not otherwise engaged. In 1935 she carried 44,000
passengers on excursions from Hull to Grimsby, 
These
were not pretty boats, sporting rather over tall funnels. Nevertheless, they
were functional and operated quite satisfactorily for 23 years until
replaced by Tattershall Castle and Wingfield Castle. At that time Brocklesby
was sold for use on the Firth of Forth, where she was renamed Highland Queen
and her funnel was replaced, which gave her a much improved appearance. She
ran from Leith although only until 1936 as she proved rather difficult to
manouevre and after only two seasons she was withdrawn and sold in December
for scrapping in Germany.