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PS students celebrated receiving more than 5,000 Caught "Bee:ing Good tickets with Western Day on Jan. 8.
PS Waverley passing Haulbowline Lighthouse at the entrance to Carlingford Lough outbound from Warrenpoint
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Waverley paddle ship inbound for the landing stage in Liverpool before her Anglesey Cruise the next day
Steam Packet's Manannan RoRo ferry outbound for the IOM
She is currently the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle "steamer" in the world
IMO: 5386954
Vessel Type - Detailed: Passenger Ship - Coastal excursion paddle steamer
MMSI: 232001540
Call Sign: GRPM
Flag: United Kingdom
Gross Tonnage: 693
Summer DWT: 128 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 73.13 x 17.45 m
Year Built: 1947
Ship manager/Commercial manager & ISM: WAVERLEY STEAM NAVIGATION CO
Builders: A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow, Scotland,UK
Hull Number 1330P
Keel Laid: 27th December 1945
Launched: 2nd October 1946
Maiden: 16th June 1947
Draught: 1.91 ms - 6.3 feet
Propulsion: 3 crank diagonal triple expansion steam engine by Rankin & Blackmore, Eagle Foundry, Greenock, Scotland, UK @ 58rpm
2020 – Re-boilered with a new pair of Cochran boilers burning marine gas oil - no more coal.
Fuel Consumption: 0.7 tonnes (approximately 154 gallons or 700 litres) per hour of low-sulphur medium fuel oil at service speed of 14 knots
Fact: Main crank is fully attached to both paddles. She cannot turn them independently of each other.
Total Installed Power kW & ihp: 2,100ihp & 1,566kW
Speeds: 14 knots service speed. Her trial speed in 1947 was 18.37 knots @ 56rpm
Capacity: up to 925 passengers Class V - Class III 740. Originally 829
PS students celebrated receiving more than 5,000 Caught "Bee:ing Good tickets with Western Day on Jan. 8.
Helensburgh Pier is currently closed to marine traffic, however a local group are campaigning for it to be restored and reopened. PS Waverley passed by close to the pier today, to the delight of the large crowd gathered on the pier.
PS Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946, she sailed from Craigendoran on the Firth of Clyde to Arrochar on Loch Long until 1973. Bought by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS), she has been restored to her 1947 appearance and now operates passenger excursions around the British coast.
Since 2003 Waverley has been listed in the National Historic Fleet by National Historic Ships UK as "a vessel of pre-eminent national importance". She appeared in the 2011 film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.