PS Maid of the Loch
Coordinates: 56°00′31″N 4°35′31″W / 56.008663°N 4.591872°W / 56.008663; -4.591872
PS Maid of the Loch at the pier at Balloch, Loch Lomond where she is undergoing restoration. |
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| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | PS Maid of the Loch |
| Owner: | British Transport Commission |
| Operator: | Caledonian Steam Packet Company |
| Route: | Loch Lomond |
| Builder: | A. & J. Inglis of Pointhouse, Glasgow |
| Yard number: | 1474P |
| Launched: | 5th March 1953 |
| In service: | 25th May 1953 |
| Out of service: | 31 August 1981 |
| Homeport: | Balloch |
| Honours and awards: |
Last paddle steamer to be built in a Clyde shipyard |
| Career (UK) | |
| Name: | PS Maid of the Loch |
| Owner: | Loch Lomond Steamship Company |
| Route: | Static |
| Acquired: | 1995 |
| Homeport: | Balloch, Loch Lomond |
| Status: |
UK Designated Vessels List |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Passenger |
| Type: | Paddle steamer |
| Tonnage: | 555 grt |
| Length: | 191 feet (58.2 m) |
| Beam: | 28.1 feet (8.6 m) |
| Draught: | 4 ft 6 in |
| Installed power: | 900ihp |
| Propulsion: | Steam, compound diagonal engines by Rankin & Blackmore, Greenock |
| Speed: | 13.75 knots (25.5 km/h) |
| Capacity: | Passengers: 1000 |
PS Maid of the Loch is the last paddle steamer built in Britain. She operated on Loch Lomond for 29 years and is now being restored at Balloch pier.
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