PS Briton

PS Briton was a paddle steamer that inaugurated the Stranraer to Larne service.

History
United Kingdom
Name: PS Briton
Owner:
  • 1862: Glasgow & Stranraer Steam Packet Co.
  • 1863: Bristol General Steam Nav Co.
  • 1877: Bristol Steam Nav Co Ltd
  • 1890: Waterford Steamship Company
Route:
Builder: Tod & McGregor, Glasgow
Yard number: 121
Launched: June 1862
Completed: July 1862
In service: 1862
Fate: Scrapped - 1892 at Bristol
General characteristics
Class and type: Iron Paddle Steamer
Tonnage: 349 GRT (1876: 486 GRT)
Length: 176ft (1876: 207ft)
Beam: 25ft
Installed power: steam 2cy 100nhp

Service

PS Briton inaugurated the Stranraer to Larne crossing, but the service was not a success and was withdrawn after 18 months, in 1863.[1] Following this, she operated from Bristol to the South of Ireland, to Waterford between 1864–1866 and to Wexford between 1867 and 1890.[2] Her final year was spent under the ownership of the Waterford Steamship Company.

Footnotes
  1. "History". Port of Larne. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  2. "Briton". Tod & Macgregor Shiplist. Retrieved 24 January 2011.


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