The first Avalon, 1864
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Port of registry | London |
Builder | J & W Dudgeon, Cubitt Town, London |
Launched | 26 March 1864 |
Maiden voyage | 9 June 1864 |
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Tonnage | 670 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 239.8 feet (73.1 m) |
Beam | 27 feet (8.2 m) |
Depth | 13.5 feet (4.1 m) |
PS Avalon was an iron paddle passenger vessel built on the River Thames for the Great Eastern Railway in 1864 for their ferry services from Harwich to Rotterdam and Antwerp. Before the end of that year she was bought by British interests to assist with the commissioning of the Confederate iron-clad CSS Stonewall, and renamed City of Richmond. After the war she was renamed Agnes Arkle and sold in Brazil in 1865.
Following the sale of the first vessel, the Railway company ordered a replacement Avalon, which was completed in 1865, to restore a three-ship fleet. After 23 years' service, she was sold, and after conversion to screw propeller propulsion, bought by a Norwegian who worked her in the Caribbean. She was wrecked in Jamaica in 1909.