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	1862 – 63: Stranraer – Larne 1864 – 66: Bristol – Waterford 1867 – 90: Bristol – Wexford
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PS Briton inaugurated the Stranraer to Larne crossing, but the service was not a success and was withdrawn after 18 months, in 1863.^[1] Following this, she operated from Bristol to the South of Ireland, to Waterford between 1864 and 1866 and to Wexford between 1867 and 1890.^[2] Her final year was spent under the ownership of the Waterford Steamship Company.