PS Magna Charta (1873)

History
United Kingdom
Name	PS Magna Charta
Namesake	Magna Carta, the famous charter signed in 1215
Owner	1873-1910: Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway; 1910-1920: Great Central Railway; 1920-1924: LNER;
Route	Humber ferry crossing
Ordered	1873
Builder	Charlton & Co. Ltd, Grimsby
Yard number	75372
Homeport	Hull, England
Fate	Broken up in 1924
General characteristics
Type	Paddlesteamer
Displacement	62 tons
Length	98 ft (30 m)
Beam	18 ft (5.5 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power	40 hp (30 kW)
Propulsion	1-lever steam engine; Paddle wheel;

The PS Magna Charta is a former paddlesteamer ferry built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1873.^[1] The Magna Charta was used as a ferry crossing across the Humber estuary^[3] from New Holland to Hull^[2] and was built by Charlton & Co. Ltd, Grimsby.^[2] During the ship's later days, it was used as a relief ferry and a tug boat until it was broken up in 1924.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Paddle Boats and Paddle Steamers". humberpacketboats.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Magna Charta". lner.info. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Crossing the River Humber by Ferry and Other Means". inbarton.atwebpages.com. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

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