PS Rouen (1888)

History
United Kingdom
Name	1888: Rouen 1903: Duchess of Bucchleuch
Owner	1888: LB&SCR 1903: JP & RP Little 1907: Midland Railway
Operator	1903: Barrow SN Co
Port of registry	1888: Newhaven 1903: Barrow
Route	1888: Newhaven – Dieppe 1903: Barrow – Douglas
Builder	Fairfield & Co, Govan
Yard number	330
Launched	12 April 1888
Out of service	November 1909
Identification	UK official number 95353 code letters LBHR
Fate	Scrapped 1909
General characteristics
Type	passenger ferry
Tonnage	838 GRT, 326 NRT
Length	250.6 ft (76.4 m)
Beam	29.1 ft (8.9 m)
Depth	14.0 ft (4.3 m)
Decks	1
Installed power	487 NHP
Propulsion	2-cylinder compound engine
Speed	19+1⁄4 knots (35.7 km/h)
Capacity	passengers: 110 first class 108 second class

PS Rouen was a passenger ferry that was built in Glasgow in 1888 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR).^[1] In 1903 she was acquired by JP and RP Little for the Barrow Steam Navigation Company and renamed Duchess of Buccleuch. In 1907 she passed to the Midland Railway, and in 1909 she was scrapped.