 The PSSWingfield Castle locatedHartlepool's Maritime Experience inHartlepool | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | PSSWingfield Castle |
| Namesake | Wingfield Castle |
| Owner |
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| Route | Humber Ferry crossing |
| Ordered | 1934 |
| Builder | William Gray & Company,Hartlepool, England[1] |
| Laid down | 27 June 1934[3] |
| Commissioned | 24 September 1934[1] |
| Decommissioned | 1974[1] |
| Identification | IMO number: 5392018 |
| Status | Museum ship atHartlepool's Maritime Experience[4] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Paddlesteamer |
| Tonnage | 556 GRT[1] |
| Length | |
| Beam | |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion, diagonal stroke, reciprocating steam engine[3] |
| Speed | 12.0 knots (22.2 km/h; 13.8 mph)[4] |
ThePSWingfield Castle is a formerHumber Estuaryferry, now preserved as amuseum ship inHartlepool,County Durham,England.[4]
TheWingfield Castle was built byWilliam Gray & Company at Hartlepool, and launched in 1934, along with a sister ship, theTattershall Castle.[5] A third similar vessel, theLincoln Castle built inGlasgow, was launched in 1940.[3]
She was earmarked to become a floating restaurant inSwansea Marina in the early 1980s but was too wide to fit through the lock gates.[3] She is now preserved at the Museum of Hartlepool as a floating exhibit at Jackson Dock, as part of theHartlepool's Maritime Experience visitor attraction, which also includesHMSTrincomalee.[3][4]
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