PS Lune was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern ...

from 1892 to 1913.

History

''Lune'' was built by T.B. Seath & Co. of

Rutherglen Rutherglen (, sco, Ruglen, gd, An Ruadh-Ghleann) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having existed as a Lanarkshire burgh in its own ...

for the

Irish Sea The Irish Sea or , gv, Y Keayn Yernagh, sco, Erse Sie, gd, Muir Èireann , Ulster-Scots: ''Airish Sea'', cy, Môr Iwerddon . is an extensive body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is linked to the Ce ...

joint service of the

and

London and North Western Railway The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom. In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lo ...

in 1892. She operated a passenger service from Fleetwood to Heysham with pleasure trips also to Blackpool and Morecambe. In June 1913 she was sold to

Cosens & Co Ltd Cosens & Co Ltd was a British excursion steamer and marine engineering company based in Weymouth, Dorset, Weymouth. History The company was founded in 1848 by Joseph Cosens and incorporated in 1876. It operated a fleet of paddle steamers on ex ...

in Weymouth and operated as ''PS Melcombe Regis'' on Cosen's Admiralty contract as a tender between Portland and Navy vessels at anchorage outside the harbour. In 1918 the vessel was transferred to the inshore minesweeping service working in and around Belfast Lough and was based at Larne. In November of that year she was released back to her owners and in 1919 was laid up at Weymouth still in her wartime grey.Haws,Duncan (1993):Merchant Fleets - Britain's Railway Steamers - Eastern & North Western + Zeeland and Stena ; Hereford, TCL Publications ; Page 87 ; She was scrapped in 1923/4 at Felixstowe.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lune 1892 ships Passenger ships of the United Kingdom Steamships of the United Kingdom Ships built on the River Clyde Ships of the London and North Western Railway Ships of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Ships of Cosens & Company Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom