PS Avalon

The first Avalon, 1864
History
Name	1864: Avalon (first) 1864–1865: City of Richmond 1865–unknown: Agnes Arkle
Operator	1864: Great Eastern Railway 1864–1865: Edwin Golbourne 1865: George Arkle 1865–unknown: Brazilian Packet Company
Port of registry	London
Builder	J & W Dudgeon, Cubitt Town, London
Launched	26 March 1864
Maiden voyage	9 June 1864
General characteristics
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.