PS ''Manchester'' was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1876.

History

The ship was built by the Goole Engineering and Shipbuilding Company and launched in 1876 She was used for the Humber Ferry Service. In 1879 she was used by the Prince of Wales and

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when they visited Grimsby for the opening of the New Union Dock. She was painted above the deck-line in black, blue and gold, and on her bows were painted the Prince of Wales’s feathers, and scrolls in a variety of colours, embracing the rose, the shamrock and the thistle. On Sunday 13 January 1895 the New Holland Pier railway station was destroyed by fire. The ''Manchester'' transported her crew from Grimsby to aid with the rescue efforts. She was acquired by the Great Central Railway in 1897. She was scrapped in 1914

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manchester 1876 ships Steamships of the United Kingdom Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom Ships built in Goole Ships of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Ships of the Great Central Railway