| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Namesake |
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| Owner |
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| Operator | |
| Port of registry |
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| Builder | J&G Thomson[2] |
| Cost | £17,500[3] |
| Launched | 31 May 1893[1] |
| In service | 1893[3] |
| Out of service | laid up 1939[1] |
| Identification | UK Official Number 103500[2] |
| Fate | Scrapped August 1939[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger ferry |
| Tonnage | 306 GRT[2] |
| Length | 200 ft (61 m)[2] |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m)[2] |
| Draught | 8.3 ft (2.5 m)[2] |
| Installed power | 185 NHP[2] |
| Propulsion | side paddles powered by two compound diagonal steam engines. High pressure cylinders 26 inches (660 mm) bore x 54 inches (1,400 mm) stroke; low pressure cylinders 55 inches (1,400 mm) bore x 54 inches (1,400 mm) stroke.[2] |
| Speed | average 17.75 knots (32.9 km/h; 20.4 mph)[3] |
PS Glen Rosa was a 306 GRT passenger paddle steamer that J&G Thomson launched in 1893 for the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR).[1] She served with the Royal Navy in the First World War as HMS Glencross. She was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway fleet in 1923, transferred to the Caledonian Steam Packet Company in 1938 and scrapped in 1939.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "PS Glen Rosa". Clydebuilt Database. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i Lloyd's Register of British Shipping. Lloyd's of London; republished online by Plimsoll ShipData. 1930. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ a b c "PS Glen Rosa (1893)". Paddlesteamer.info. Tramscape. Retrieved 29 October 2012.