PS Waverley

PS Waverley is a Clyde steamer and the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. She was ordered by the London and North Eastern Railway from A. and J. Inglis of Glasgow to replace an earlier Waverley lost at Dunkirk in 1940, was launched on 2 October 1946 and entered service in June 1947 on the Firth of Clyde. Her three-crank diagonal triple-expansion steam engine was built by Rankin and Blackmore of Greenock. After service under the Caledonian Steam Packet Company and Caledonian MacBrayne she was sold in 1973 for one pound to the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society, restored to her 1947 appearance and now runs passenger excursions around the British coast. She joined the National Historic Fleet in 2003, was reboilered in 2019 and 2020, and struck Brodick pier in September 2020.