008663; -4.591872 PS Maid of the Loch is the last paddle steamer built in the United Kingdom. She operated on Loch Lomond for 29 years. As of 2022, she was...
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Clyde steamer (redirect from Doon the watter)
on Loch Katrine, while on Loch Lomond the PS Maid of the Loch is being restored. PS Comet (1812–1820) PS Hero (1858–1909) PS Iona II (1863–1864) PS Iona...
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Balloch Steam Slipway (category Loch Lomond)
Rothesay and John Bennie of Glasgow were the original contractors. The PS Maid of the Loch was re-assembled on the slipway in 1953 following its construction...
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operational paddle steamers the Society also supports other paddle steamer projects including PS Maid of the Loch and PS Medway Queen. "Paddle Steamer...
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Balloch Pier railway station (category Vale of Leven)
provided by the PS Maid of the Loch had ceased in 1981. Rail services had been provided to connect with sailings. Following closure the station was demolished...
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Caledonian MacBrayne fleet (category Ferries of Scotland)
Isles, MV Isle of Mull, MV Lord of the Isles, MV Caledonian Isles, MV Isle of Lewis, MV Clansman, MV Hebrides, MV Finlaggan, and MV Loch Seaforth. These...
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Paddle steamer (section The Netherlands)
PS Maid of the Loch was the last paddle steamer built in the United Kingdom and was completed in 1953 for service on Loch Lomond. She went out of service...
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Rankin & Blackmore (category Defunct shipbuilding companies of Scotland)
SS Monrovia (1943), PS Bristol Queen (1946), PS Waverley (1947), and PS Maid of the Loch (1953) "Rankin and Blackmore". Grace's Guide To British Industrial...
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Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway (category Vale of Leven)
railways. In 1953 PS Maid of the Loch started operation: the largest vessel built for inland waterway operation in Britain, and the last paddle steamer...
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of the classic Windermere launches. Today the 1900 steamer SS Sir Walter Scott still sails on Loch Katrine, while on Loch Lomond PS Maid of the Loch is...
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PS Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946, she sailed from Craigendoran on the Firth of Clyde to Arrochar...
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Balloch, West Dunbartonshire (redirect from Mill of Haldane)
the village. The PS Maid of the Loch is currently[when?] being restored at Balloch pier and the Balloch Steam Slipway is located nearby. The A811 road (based...
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This is a list of classic vessels around the world. These are veteran vessels being maintained or restored with the aim of keeping them in operation....
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Corfu 1993. PS Maid of the Loch, (Clyde-built), paddle steamer for British Railways, launched 5 March 1953, completed 4 May 1953. MV Maid of Skelmorlie...
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Caledonian Steam Packet Company (category Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom)
create the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), which built the PS Waverley in 1947. In 1935, Williamson-Buchanan Steamers was taken over by the Caledonian...
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1953 in Scotland (category Years of the 20th century in Scotland)
service: six crew killed. 5 March – PS Maid of the Loch, the last full-size paddle steamer built in the UK, is launched on the River Clyde at A. & J. Inglis's...
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PS Waverley was a Clyde-built paddle steamer that carried passengers on the Clyde between 1899 and 1939. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty to serve...
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the Lochgoilhead/Arrochar leg of the "Three Lochs Tour", releasing PS Waverley to carry larger numbers of passengers to Dunoon and Rothesay. In the late...
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A. & J. Inglis (category Defunct shipbuilding companies of Scotland)
include the Maid of the Loch, which still serves as a visitor attraction on Loch Lomond, and the forerunner to the Humber Bridge, PS Lincoln Castle which...
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PS Kingswear Castle is a steamship. She is a coal-fired river paddle steamer, dating from 1924 with engines from 1904. After running summer excursions...
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PS Ryde is a paddle steamer that was commissioned and run by Southern Railway as a passenger ferry between mainland England and the Isle of Wight from...
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The PS Medway Queen is a paddle driven steamship, the only mobile estuary paddle steamer left in the United Kingdom. She was one of the "little ships...
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Register. Retrieved 11 October 2009. "Columba". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 15 January 2021. "PS Columba". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved...
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The PS Hankow was an iron paddle steamer built at A and J Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow with Yard No. 107. She was transferred from Yangtze to Hong Kong/Canton...
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PS Pioneer was a Clyde-built paddle steamer launched in 1905, built by A. & J. Inglis at their Pointhouse shipyard for David MacBrayne. She served as a...
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PS Lincoln Castle was a coal-fired side-wheel paddle steamer, which ferried passengers across the Humber from the 1941 until 1978. She was the last coal-fired...
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MV Glen Sannox (1957) (category Ferries of Panama)
Marchioness of Graham (the 1936 turbine, built primarily for the Arran service) and the 1937 PS Jupiter. In June 1964, she became the first unit of the fleet...
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The paddle steamer PS Weeroona was built by A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland and launched in 1910. It was initially owned by Huddart Parker...
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The PS Bruselas was built by A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland and launched in 1911 for Compañía Argentina de Navigation (Nicolás Mihanovich)...
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MV Argyle (category Ferries of Scotland)
month to the Wemyss Bay Steam Boat Company. She was the successor to their PS Bute and remained on the Wemyss Bay route for almost quarter of a century...
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