PS Wingfield Castle facts for kids
The PSS Wingfield Castle located Hartlepool's Maritime Experience in Hartlepool
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| Name | PSS Wingfield Castle |
| Namesake | Wingfield Castle |
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| Route | Humber Ferry crossing |
| Ordered | 1934 |
| Builder | William Gray & Company, Hartlepool, England |
| Laid down | 27 June 1934 |
| Commissioned | 24 September 1934 |
| Decommissioned | 1974 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5392018 |
| Status | Museum ship at Hartlepool's Maritime Experience |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Paddlesteamer |
| Tonnage | 556 GT |
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| Propulsion | Triple expansion, diagonal stroke, reciprocating steam engine |
| Speed | 12.0 knots (22.2 km/h; 13.8 mph) |
The PS Wingfield Castle is a former Humber Estuary ferry, now preserved as a museum ship in Hartlepool, County Durham, England.
The Wingfield Castle was built by William Gray & Company at Hartlepool, and launched in 1934, along with a sister ship, the Tattershall Castle. A third similar vessel, the Lincoln Castle built in Glasgow, was launched in 1940.
She was earmarked to become a floating restaurant in Swansea Marina in the early 1980s but was too wide to fit through the lock gates. She is now preserved at the Museum of Hartlepool as a floating exhibit at Jackson Dock, as part of the Hartlepool's Maritime Experience visitor attraction, which also includes HMS Trincomalee.
Pictures
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The Wingfield Castle in September 1973 on River Humber
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The Wingfield Castle funnel in September 1973
