PS Lincoln Castle

PS Lincoln Castle was a coal-fired side-wheel paddle steamer that ferried passengers and cars across the Humber between New Holland and Hull from 1941 until 1978. She was launched on 27 April 1940 by A. & J. Inglis of Pointhouse, Glasgow, for the London and North Eastern Railway, and entered service on 4 August 1941. At 209 feet long she could carry up to twenty cars and 1,200 passengers, and her triple expansion diagonal engine, built by Ailsa of Troon, was laid out so passengers could watch it working. She was the last coal-fired paddle steamer in regular scheduled service in the United Kingdom. After withdrawal she served as a pub and then a restaurant in Grimsby, was taken out of public use in 2006, and was scrapped in 2010 despite a preservation campaign.