PS ''Stour'' 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 1864.

History

The ship was built by James Ash of Cubitt Town in London. She was placed on the Ipswich to Harwich service. On 26 October 1864 she came to the rescue of the Alma Company's steamer ''Heron'', which had left Ipswich at 2.45pm and broke down opposite Levington Creek and went aground on the west side of the river. Captain Mills of the ''Stour'' went alongside and took on board all of the passengers, and managed to get the ''Heron'' back into deep water. She was withdrawn in 1878 and replaced with a larger vessel of the same name .

References

1864 ships Steamships of the United Kingdom Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom Ships built on the River Thames Ships of the Great Eastern Railway {{DEFAULTSORT:Stour