PS Waverlay heads out into the Bristol Channel

Career (UK)

Name: PS Waverley

Operator:

 

1946–48: London and North Eastern Railway;

1948–73: Caledonian Steam Packet Company;

since 1973: Waverley Excursions

Builder: A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow

Yard number: 1330P

Launched: 2 October 1946

Maiden voyage: 16 June 1947

Identification:

 

IMO Number: 5386954[1]

Callsign: GRPM

MMSI Number: 232001540

Status: in service

General characteristics

Class & type: Coastal excursion paddle steamer

Tonnage: 693 grt

Length: 239 ft 11 in (73.13 m) s

Beam: 57 ft 3 in (17.45 m) s

Draught: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) s

Installed power: 2,100 ihp (1,566kW)

Propulsion: Diagonal triple expansion steam engine built by Rankin & Blackmore Ltd, Greenock

Speed:

 

14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) in service

Trials speed in 1947 18.37 knots (34.02 km/h; 21.14 mph) at 56 rpm

Capacity: Up to 925 passengers in Class V waters.

Done