PS Princess of Wales (1878)

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named PS Princess of Wales.

PS Princess of Wales was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1878.^[1]

History
Name	PS Princess of Wales
Operator	Great Eastern Railway
Builder	London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard number	203
Launched	4 February 1878
Out of service	1896
Fate	Scrapped 1896
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,098 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	265.5 feet (80.9 m)
Beam	30.4 feet (9.3 m)

History

The ship was built by the London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 4 February 1878.^[2] She was launched by Miss Isabel Adams, daughter of the Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Eastern Railway Company, and named after the Princess of Wales, Alexandra of Denmark.

She was placed on the Harwich to Rotterdam and Antwerp route.^[3]

She was broken up in 1896.