PS Wingfield Castle

The PS Wingfield Castle is a former Humber Estuary ferry, now preserved as a museum ship in Hartlepool, County Durham, England.^[4]

The PSS Wingfield Castle located Hartlepool's Maritime Experience in Hartlepool
History
United Kingdom
Name	PSS Wingfield Castle
Namesake	Wingfield Castle
Owner	1934-1947: LNER[1] 1948-1974: British Rail / Sealink 1974-1982: EMI[2] 1982-1986: Whitbread plc[2] 1986-present: Hartlepool Borough Council[1]
Route	Humber Ferry crossing
Ordered	1934
Builder	William Gray & Company, Hartlepool, England[1]
Laid down	27 June 1934[3]
Commissioned	24 September 1934[1]
Decommissioned	1974[1]
Identification	IMO number: 5392018
Status	Museum ship at Hartlepool's Maritime Experience[4]
General characteristics
Type	Paddlesteamer
Tonnage	556 GRT[1]
Length	199.9 ft (60.9 m) LBP[1] 209 ft (64 m) LOA[3]
Beam	33.1 ft (10.1 m) (main hull)[1] 57 ft (17 m) (including paddle box)[1]
Propulsion	Triple expansion, diagonal stroke, reciprocating steam engine[3]
Speed	12.0 knots (22.2 km/h; 13.8 mph)[4]

The Wingfield Castle was built by William Gray & Company at Hartlepool, and launched in 1934, along with a sister ship, the Tattershall Castle.^[5] A third similar vessel, the Lincoln Castle built in Glasgow, was launched in 1940.^[3]

She was earmarked to become a floating restaurant in Swansea Marina in the early 1980s but was too wide to fit through the lock gates.^[3] She is now preserved at the Museum of Hartlepool as a floating exhibit at Jackson Dock, as part of the Hartlepool's Maritime Experience visitor attraction, which also includes HMS Trincomalee.^[3][4]

Pictures

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  The Wingfield Castle in September 1973 on the Humber estuary
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  The Wingfield Castle funnel in September 1973

See also

• PS Kingswear Castle
• PS Tattershall Castle
• PS Waverley