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Clacton
Launched on May 8th 1888
by J Scott & Co at Kinghorn, Fife
Engines : Compound diagonal, 28 and 57 in x 57 in
Dimensions : 189.5 ft x 22.2 ft
241 Gross registered Tons
Built for the London,
Woolwich and Clacton-on-Sea Steamboat Co entering service from London
to Clacton on May 17th, 1888
Replaced by her owners by a larger vessel after her first season,
going to the Bosphorus (Turkey) as PS Aidin
Withdrawn from the Bosphorus ferry service in 1913
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