PS Ripon
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The PS Ripon was a paddlesteamer built at Money Wigram's Blackwall Yard[1] in 1846 for P&O.
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Name | PS Ripon |
Namesake | Ripon, a city in Yorkshire, England |
Owner | |
Route | Mediterranean Sea to the UK |
Builder | Money Wigram and Sons, Blackwall[1] |
Cost | £66,000[2] |
Launched | 27 June 1846[1][2] |
Homeport | London[2] |
Fate | Scuttled at sea off Port of Spain in 1880.[2] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Paddlesteamer |
Tonnage | 1,508 GRT[1][2] |
Length | |
Beam | 33.9 ft (10.3 m)[2] |
Depth | 28.4 ft (8.7 m)[2] |
Decks | 4[2] |
Installed power | |
Complement | |
Crew | 60[2] |
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