PS Maid of the Loch information

	PS Maid of the Loch at the pier at Balloch, Loch Lomond where she is undergoing restoration.
History
United Kingdom
Name	Maid of the Loch
Owner	British Transport Commission (1953–1981); Loch Lomond Steamship Company (1995–present);
Operator	Caledonian Steam Packet Company
Route	Loch Lomond
Builder	A. & J. Inglis of Pointhouse, Glasgow
Yard number	1474P
Launched	5 March 1953
In service	25 May 1953
Out of service	31 August 1981
Homeport	Balloch
Identification	IMO number: 5217567
Status	UK Designated Vessels List; Static exhibit; under restoration;
Notes	Last paddle steamer built in a Clyde shipyard
General characteristics
Type	Passenger paddle steamer
Tonnage	555 GRT
Length	208 feet (63 m)
Beam	51 feet (16 m)
Draught	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Installed power	900 ihp (670 kW)
Propulsion	Steam, compound diagonal engines by Rankin & Blackmore, Greenock
Speed	13.75 knots (25.47 km/h; 15.82 mph)
Capacity	Passengers: 1,000

56°00′31″N 4°35′31″W / 56.008663°N 4.591872°W / 56.008663; -4.591872

PS Maid of the Loch is the last paddle steamer built in the United Kingdom. She operated on Loch Lomond for 29 years and as of 2022^[update] is being restored near Balloch pier.

While under restoration, The Maid of the Loch is open to the public every Saturday and Sunday Easter to October, and closed throughout the winter. She is presently on the slipway near Balloch Pier undergoing extensive repairs to her hull, complete paddle restoration and will be coated in her original livery of white, green waterline and buff coloured funnel before being launched again into Loch Lomond.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Database of ships built on the Clyde: PS Maid of the Loch". clydesite.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Maid of the Loch". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Maid of the Loch". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[clydesite-1] "Database of ships built on the Clyde: PS Maid of the Loch". clydesite.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[undiscovered-2] "Maid of the Loch". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[clydebuilt-3] "Maid of the Loch". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

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History
PS Maid of the Loch at the pier at Balloch, Loch Lomond where she is undergoing restoration.
United Kingdom
Name	Maid of the Loch
Owner	British Transport Commission (1953–1981) Loch Lomond Steamship Company (1995–present)
Operator	Caledonian Steam Packet Company
Route	Loch Lomond
Builder	A. & J. Inglis of Pointhouse, Glasgow^[2]
Yard number	1474P
Launched	5 March 1953
In service	25 May 1953
Out of service	31 August 1981
Homeport	Balloch
Identification	IMO number: 5217567
Status	UK Designated Vessels List Static exhibit; under restoration
Notes	Last paddle steamer built in a Clyde shipyard^[1]
General characteristics
Type	Passenger paddle steamer
Tonnage	555 GRT
Length	208 feet (63 m)^[3]
Beam	51 feet (16 m)^[3]
Draught	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Installed power	900 ihp (670 kW)^[1]
Propulsion	Steam, compound diagonal engines by Rankin & Blackmore, Greenock^[1]
Speed	13.75 knots (25.47 km/h; 15.82 mph)
Capacity	Passengers: 1,000