PS ''Claud Hamilton'' was a passenger vessel built for the

Great Eastern Railway The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia. The company was grouped into the London and North Eastern R ...

in 1875.

History

The ship was built by John Elder and Company of Govan for the

and launched on 3 June 1875. She was named after the chairman of the Great Eastern Railway, Lord Claude Hamilton. She was despatched from the shipyard on 13 August 1875 and arrived in Harwich on 15 August, after a voyage around the north coast of Scotland via Pentland Firth. Her first captain was William Rivers. In 1897 she was sold to the Corporation of London and used for transporting cattle. She was sent for scrapping in 1914.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Claude Hamilton 1875 ships Steamships of the United Kingdom Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom Ships built on the River Clyde Ships of the Great Eastern Railway