The PS Wingfield Castle is a former Humber Estuary ferry, now preserved as a museum ship in Hartlepool, County Durham, England.[4]

The Wingfield Castle was built by William Gray & Company at Hartlepool, and launched in 1934, along with a sister ship, the Tattershall Castle.[5] A third similar vessel, the Lincoln Castle built in Glasgow, was launched in 1940.[3]

She was earmarked to become a floating restaurant in Swansea Marina in the early 1980s but was too wide to fit through the lock gates.[3] She is now preserved at the Museum of Hartlepool as a floating exhibit at Jackson Dock, as part of the Hartlepool's Maritime Experience visitor attraction, which also includes HMS Trincomalee.[3][4]

Pictures

  • The Wingfield Castle in September 1973 on the Humber estuary
    The Wingfield Castle in September 1973 on the Humber estuary
  • The Wingfield Castle funnel in September 1973
    The Wingfield Castle funnel in September 1973

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "P.S. Wingfield Castle". paddlesteamers.info. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Wingfield Castle". nationalhistoricships.org.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "PSS Wingfield Castle History". thisishartlepool.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d "Hartlepool's Maritime Experience - Pss Wingfield Castle". hartlepoolsmaritimeexperience.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. ^ Baker, Clive (December 2017). "Railway Steamers". British Railway Modelling. Warners Group. p. 83. ISSN 0968-0764.

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