Engineering:PS Hercules (1838)

History
Name:	1838-1862: PS Hercules
Owner:	1838-1853: St. George Steam Packet Company 1853-1859: Chester and Holyhead Railway 1859-1862 London and North Western Railway
Operator:	1838-1853: St. George Steam Packet Company 1853-1859: Chester and Holyhead Railway 1859-1862 London and North Western Railway
Port of registry:
Builder:	Mottishead and Hayes
Launched:	1838
Out of service:	1862
Fate:	Scrapped 1862
General characteristics
Tonnage:	265 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	147.6 ft (45.0 m)
Beam:	25.9 ft (7.9 m)
Draught:	15.1 ft (4.6 m)

The Queen (Victoria) on the Clyde - the arrival of the Royal Squadron in the Clyde off Greenock, August 1847 - The Hercules is on the far left of the image

PS Hercules was a paddle steamer vessel operated by the St. George Steam Packet Company from 1836, and then the Chester and Holyhead Railway from 1853 to 1859 and the London and North Western Railway from 1859 to 1862.

History

She was built in Liverpool for the St. George Steam Packet Company in 1838.

When acquired by the London and North Western Railway in 1859 she was something of a stop-gap until new ships could be built.

She was scrapped in 1862.