76 hp (57 kW) [1] Scotch type boiler 11 feet long, fitted with triple furnaces feeding Ailsa built compound diagonal steam engine. Coal fired when built, converted to oil fired by Wallsend Engineering in 1938, built by Ailsa
The PS Medway Queen is a paddle driven steamship, the only mobile estuary paddle steamer left in the United Kingdom. She was one of the "little ships of Dunkirk", making a record seven trips and rescuing 7,000 men in the evacuation of Dunkirk.[2]
She was the subject of a £1.8 million National Lottery Heritage Memorial Fund grant to restore her hull. By 2014, her hull had been reconstructed and she is berthed at Gillingham Pier on the River Medway as of 2022[update]. In 2024, she celebrated her centenary.[3]
^Dumpleton, Bernard (1973). The Story of the Paddlesteamer. Intellect Publishing. ISBN 1-84150-801-2. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
^"Medway Queen". Association of Dunkirk Little Ships. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
trips around Dartmouth Harbour and up river to Totnes. PS Waverley PS Wingfield Castle PSMedwayQueen Paddle Steamer Preservation Society "Paddle Steamer...
paddle steamer in the UK, but is not sea-going, like the PS Ryde. As with the PSMedwayQueen and PS Ryde, the Kingswear Castle also saw service in World...
Ryde Queen Boatel by Miss Carolyn Moore, Miss Great Britain 1971, in the opening ceremony on 14 June 1972. She served alongside the smaller PSMedway Queen...
blew a hole below the water line, but she managed to limp back to port. MedwayQueen – serving in the 10th Mine-sweeping Flotilla, the paddle steamer made...
get close inshore to embark directly from the beach. One example was PSMedwayQueen, which saved an estimated 7,000 men over the nine days of the evacuation...
£488. The pier was used by paddle steamers until the last visit by PSMedwayQueen in 1963. The new 1899 restaurant at the pierhead later became a ticket...
also supports other paddle steamer projects including PS Maid of the Loch and PSMedwayQueen. "Paddle Steamer Preservation Society, registered charity...
for various companies around the UK, including the New Medway Shipping Company's PSMedwayQueen, the only estuary paddle steamer left in the UK. During...
The Medusa Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2016. "History of the MedwayQueen". MedwayQueen Preservation Society. Retrieved 15 April 2017. "MGB 81". National...
were the paddle steamers Royal Eagle (1932), Golden Eagle, MedwayQueen, Crested Eagle, and Queen of Thanet. GSN ships saved around 10% of all those rescued...
PS Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946, she sailed from Craigendoran on the Firth of Clyde to Arrochar...
PS Tattershall Castle is a floating pub and restaurant moored on the River Thames at Victoria Embankment. It was a passenger ferry across the Humber estuary...
by The New Medway Steam Packet Company in 1929 and converted for excursion work on the River Medway and River Thames. She was renamed Queen of Thanet....
PS Lincoln Castle was a coal-fired side-wheel paddle steamer, which ferried passengers across the Humber from the 1941 until 1978. She was the last coal-fired...
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...
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...
Falmouth. Fourteen new steam ships were built for the purpose: Thames, Medway, Trent, and Isis (built at Northfleet); Severn and Avon (built at Bristol);...
1931. The last paddlewheel tug built for private owners, now owned by the Medway Maritime Trust. She is one of only two surviving British-built paddle tugs...
ship 1918 721 1 0 Sunk Max Belgium Harbour tug 1911 177 1 0 Sunk HMS MedwayQueen (J48) Royal Navy Paddle minesweeper 1924 316 T/Lt. Alfred Thomas Cook...
were moored in Halstow Creek in Kent. The creek is an inlet from the River Medway and the River Thames. The crew of these vessels watched over ships coming...
Albion class HMS Albion — AN HMS Bulwark — BK River class HMS Forth — FH HMS Medway — MY HMS Trent — TT HMS Tamar — TM HMS Spey — SP Daring class HMS Daring...
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