PS Jeanie Deans
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Jeanie Deans
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| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name: | PS Jeanie Deans |
| Owner: |
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| Operator: | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
| Cost: | £52,650 |
| Yard number: | 644 |
| Launched: | 7 April 1931 |
| In service: | 1931 |
| Out of service: | 1967 |
| Renamed: | Queen of the South |
| Homeport: | Glasgow |
| Fate: | broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Paddle steamer |
| Tonnage: |
635 GRT; 259 NT |
| Length: | 76.35 m (250 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 9.16 m (30 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power: | Three-crank diagonal triple expansion (26, 41.5 and 66 in x 60 in) |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Speed: | kn (service); 18.5 kn (max) |
635 GRT;
PS Jeanie Deans was a Clyde paddle steamer, built in 1931 for the London and North Eastern Railway. She was a popular boat, providing summer cruises from Craigendoran until 1964.
PS Jeanie Deans was built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1931 to compete with the CSP turbine steamer, Duchess of Montrose. She was built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, as a paddler, rather than the more popular turbine steamer, allowing her a shallow draught to visit Craigendoran and Helensburgh. She took the name of an earlier fleet member, continuing the tradition of the North British Railway naming their vessels after characters from Sir Walter Scott's novels.
An earlier Clyde steamer of the same name was built by Barclay Curle & Co in 1884 for the North British Steam Packet Co. She operated out of Craigendoran until 1896, when she was sold for service on Lough Foyle. Returning to the Clyde in 1899, as Duchess of York she ran cruises from Glasgow, becoming Isle of Cumbrae in 1904 and serving Rothesay. From 1916, she was chartered to the Glasgow and South Western Railway and operated between Princes Pier and Dunoon. She did not return to peace time service and was broken up at Dumbarton in 1920.
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