PS ''Gael'' was a passenger vessel operated by the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

from 1884 to 1891

History

This paddle steamer was launched on 9 March 1864 and completed on 11 February 1867 She was named by Miss Minnie Galbraith, daughter of Andrew Galbraith Esq, Johnstone Castle, ex-Provost of Glasgow and spent most of her years in Scotland. She was owned by the Clyde and Campbeltown Steam Packet Joint Stock Company. She was bought in 1884 and operated by the GWR, mainly on its Weymouth routes but also for a time at

Milford Haven Milford Haven ( cy, Aberdaugleddau, meaning "mouth of the two Rivers Cleddau") is both a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, an estuary forming a natural harbour that has ...

and from 1887 - 1889 at

Penzance Penzance ( ; kw, Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated ...

for the

West Cornwall Steam Ship Company The West Cornwall Steam Ship Company was established in 1870 to operate ferry services between Penzance, Cornwall, and the Isles of Scilly. It became the West Cornwall Steamship Company in 1907 and was wound up in 1917. History The company wa ...

. In 1891 she returned to the Clyde for duties on routes from Glasgow to Oban, Tobermory and Gairloch. She was scrapped in 1924.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gael 1867 ships Clyde steamers Passenger ships of the United Kingdom Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom Steamships of the United Kingdom Ships built on the River Clyde Ships of the Great Western Railway Transport in the Isles of Scilly