PS Harwich (1864)

PS Harwich was a freight vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1864.^[1]

History
Name	PS Harwich
Operator	Great Eastern Railway
Port of registry
Builder	Simpson and Company, London
Launched	1864
Maiden voyage	10 August 1864
Out of service	1907
Fate	Scrapped 1907
General characteristics
Tonnage	750 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	215 feet (66 m)
Beam	27.1 feet (8.3 m)
Depth	17.7 feet (5.4 m)

History

The ship was built by Simpson and Company in London in 1864 as the first of an order of two vessels, the second being PS Rotterdam to be used to transport livestock from Rotterdam and Antwerp to Harwich. She was schooner rigged, with efficient masts, so as to have the ability to sail under emergencies. She made her maiden voyage on 10 August 1864^[2] carrying 300 head of oxen and 600 sheep.

In 1884 she was converted to a twin-screw ship by Earle's Shipbuilding in Hull, and fitted with new boilers and compound engines.

She was sold in 1907 for scrapping.