Tattershall Castle

[PaddleWheel]

It appears Tattershall's owners don't seem to think she's a paddler...

[Red_Hamish]

Helllo all, sorry Jack but I'd disagree as in the history part there is certainly a reference to the paddler working on the Humber estuary with the following extract from their website. OK it may not refer to it currently being a paddler posssibly with the engines removed? I don't  know. Anyway the excerpt:-

" History of the boat The Tattershall Castle was built by W. Gray & Co. in 1934 and was a vital passenger link across the humbler estuary ferrying passengers across the stretch of treacherous water between Hull and New Holland.

The paddle steamer made about eight trips a day carrying up to 1050 passengers in three compartments and on the deck.

Apart from her role as a passenger vessel, the Tattershall Castle had space on board for cars and livestock. Sheep, pigs, cattle and horses could all be tethered or penned for the 40-minute crossing.

More than 1,000,000 passengers were ferried during its 40 years of operation. During the war the Tattershall Castle was commandeered for a short period as a tethering vessel for barrage balloons on the Humber estuary. This role was very short lived. The transportation of the troops and vital munitions and supplies across the Humber proved far too important to allow the Tattershall Castle away from the estuary. ..."

cheers

Jim

[djcf]

Certainly the "online tour" Image shows the ship with screws/shafts/A frames etc.

Can't see why they did that   

[mjt60a]

That is strange, I can only assume that whoever made the graphic knew nothing about the ship, had only seen a photo taken from the side and assumed it must have a prop or two below the water...
The engine and boiler are still in place, though you can't see all that much with the electronic stuff that's been put in the engine room...