The PS ''Wingfield Castle'' is a former
Humber Estuary ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
, now preserved as a
museum ship
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in
Hartlepool
Hartlepool () is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Borough of Hartlepool. With an estimated population of 90,123, it is the second-largest settlement in County ...
,
County Durham
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,
England
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.
The ''Wingfield Castle'' was built by
William Gray & Company
William Gray & Company Ltd. was a British shipbuilding company located in West Hartlepool, County Durham, in North East England. Founded in 1863 by John Denton and William Gray as a partnership, it became a private and then a public limited com ...
at Hartlepool, and launched in 1934, along with a sister ship, the ''
Tattershall Castle
Tattershall Castle is a castle in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England, about 12 miles (19 km) north east of Sleaford. Since 1925 it has been in the care of the National Trust.
History
Tattershall Castle has its origins in either a sto ...
''.
A third similar vessel, the ''
Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Castle is a major medieval castle constructed in Lincoln, England, during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress. The castle is unusual in that it has two mottes. It is one of only ...
'' built in
Glasgow
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, was launched in 1940.
[
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.][ She is now preserved at the Museum of Hartlepool as a floating exhibit at Jackson Dock, as part of the ]Hartlepool's Maritime Experience
The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) is a maritime exposition and visitor attraction in Hartlepool, County Durham, Northern England. The concept of the attraction is the thematic re-creation of an 18th-century seaport, in the time of ...
visitor attraction, which also includes HMS ''Trincomalee''.[
]
Pictures
Image:Wingfield Castle 09-1973a2.JPG , The ''Wingfield Castle'' in September 1973 on River Humber
Image:Wingfield Castle 09-1973d.JPG , The ''Wingfield Castle'' funnel in September 1973
See also
* PS ''Kingswear Castle''
* PS ''Tattershall Castle''
* PS ''Waverley''
References
External links
*
''Wingfield Castle'' website
''National Historic Ships''
Ships built on the River Tees
1934 ships
Museums in County Durham
Ferries of England
Museum ships in the United Kingdom
Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom
Humber
Ships of British Rail
Ships and vessels of the National Historic Fleet
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