PS ''Essex'' 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 1896.

History

The ship was built by Earle's Shipbuilding in Hull for the

and launched on 8 June 1896. She was launched by Miss K. Howard, daughter of Captain D. Howard, the Great Eastern Railway Company marine superintendent. She was launched with engines and boilers on board, and steam up. She was used on local services and coastal excursions. In 1913 she was sold to Joseph Constant who sold her in 1914 to Henry Cooner, Westcliff. She was acquired by the Goole and Hull Steam Packet Company who held onto her until 1918 when she was sold again to the Hellenic Mediterranean Black Sea Company and renamed ''Acropolis''. She sailed from Hull on 10 May 1919 for Gibraltar and was reported as foundering on 16 May off Finisterre. However, this report was later contradicted as she only left Corunna on 22 May 1919.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Essex 1896 ships Steamships of the United Kingdom Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom Ships built on the Humber Ships of the Great Eastern Railway