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PS ''Norfolk'' 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 1900.


History

The ship was built by Gourlay Brothers in Dundee 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 ...
and launched on 25 April 1900. She was launched by Miss Janie Lyon. She was built of steel and equipped with a double-ended hull, with two rudders adapted for steaming with equal facility astern or ahead. She was used on local services and coastal excursions. In 1923 she passed into the ownership of the
London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the " Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At th ...
and they sold her in 1931 to D. Tweedie, Edinburgh. She was sent for scrapping in 1935.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Norfolk 1900 ships Steamships of the United Kingdom Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom Ships built in Dundee Ships of the Great Eastern Railway Ships of the London and North Eastern Railway